Dental cosmos . The six front crowns were made a little shorterthan the teeth the patient had been wearing, and they were inclinedforward, so as to correct the occlusion and appearance to such an ex-tent as to have them close upon the edges of the corresponding lowerteeth. The change is shown by the accompanying illustrations, and 4. The third and last case is that of a young lady of twenty-two she called upon me, her mouth presented a very homely ap-pearance, which was due entirely to the ignorance or lack of judg-ment upon the part of her dentist in earlier years. The histo
Dental cosmos . The six front crowns were made a little shorterthan the teeth the patient had been wearing, and they were inclinedforward, so as to correct the occlusion and appearance to such an ex-tent as to have them close upon the edges of the corresponding lowerteeth. The change is shown by the accompanying illustrations, and 4. The third and last case is that of a young lady of twenty-two she called upon me, her mouth presented a very homely ap-pearance, which was due entirely to the ignorance or lack of judg-ment upon the part of her dentist in earlier years. The history ofher case can be given in a few words. It is a characteristic of herfamily to have large, strong teeth, with the cuspids quite prominent;but in her mouth these teeth were so prominent as to disfigure her,and when she commenced to grow into womanhood, her mother tookher to their dentist to have the irregularity corrected. This gentle-man, as I have said, through bad judgment extracted the two lateral Fig. incisors, and allowed the cuspids to come down and forward to par-tially take their place. Then the mischief was done. The mouthwas given a very coarse appearance by the large teeth being broughtso near the center, and as they did not entirely fill the space, an uglyopening was left between these teeth and the central incisors. (SeeFig. 5.) When the lady consulted me, it was with the idea of havingthese cuspids extracted, and two smaller teeth inserted upon eitherside ; it was her wish at the same time to have it done, if possible, insome way so that she would not have to wear a plate. I therefore,after studying her case, decided not to extract the cuspids, but thosewhich should have been removed in the first place,—the first bicus-pids. Then with suitable regulating appliances I corrected the angleof the cuspids and drew them back so as to partially fill the spaceformerly occupied by the first bicuspids, and at the same time drewthe second bicuspid in line, and secur
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