Dental review; devoted to the advancement of dentistry. . order to allow these teeth to assume a normal occlusion of their occlusalplanes. In cases where the arch has been widened or the teeth rotatedsufficient contact is preserved to maintain their normal upper and lower retainers are now inserted and a compound. impression material is placed between the teeth and the patientinstructed to close, and while the teeth are in occlusion the im-pression material is pressed about the buccal surfaces of the teeth 1152 THE DENTAL REVIEW. and the labial arches so that when it is removed
Dental review; devoted to the advancement of dentistry. . order to allow these teeth to assume a normal occlusion of their occlusalplanes. In cases where the arch has been widened or the teeth rotatedsufficient contact is preserved to maintain their normal upper and lower retainers are now inserted and a compound. impression material is placed between the teeth and the patientinstructed to close, and while the teeth are in occlusion the im-pression material is pressed about the buccal surfaces of the teeth 1152 THE DENTAL REVIEW. and the labial arches so that when it is removed both upper andlower retainers are firmly incorporated in the impression this bite impression the relation of the occlusion is reproducedby plaster models in an articulator. The retainers now occupy the same relative position on thesemodels as they do in the mouth when the teeth are in normal occlu-sion. A lug which is adjusted to operate anteriorally to the spur onthe upper is soldered to the distal end of the inferior labial arch,Fig. 7. The short piece of the labial arch existing between the barwhich passes between the teeth and the lug is reinforced with posterior surface of the spur on the upper is also reinforced withsolder. The metal portion of these retainers is usually made of claspgold a
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