A practical treatise on mechanical dentistry . The cleft, extending a little beyond the soft into the hard palate. with hard rubber, utilizing the levator muscles to control themovement of the appliance, and with which articulation could belearned as well as with the perishable soft-rubber velum, resulted inmy adoption of the following device in cases where the cleft extendsa little beyond the soft into the hard palate, as shown in Fig. appliance consists of a gold or hard-rubber plate (A, Fig. 184),covering the roof of the mouth down to the junction of the hardand soft palates. From t
A practical treatise on mechanical dentistry . The cleft, extending a little beyond the soft into the hard palate. with hard rubber, utilizing the levator muscles to control themovement of the appliance, and with which articulation could belearned as well as with the perishable soft-rubber velum, resulted inmy adoption of the following device in cases where the cleft extendsa little beyond the soft into the hard palate, as shown in Fig. appliance consists of a gold or hard-rubber plate (A, Fig. 184),covering the roof of the mouth down to the junction of the hardand soft palates. From this point the movable portion, F, extendsback and downward, restoring symmetry of the palatal surface by ARTIFICIAL TREATMENT OF PALATAL DEFECTS. 397 bridging across and lying upon the muscles of each side. C E isa spring controlling the upward movement of F. The distal sur- face, G, or that portion coming in contact with the pharyngealwall, is quite broad, and so constructed as to articulate perfectly Fig. 185.
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