A practical treatise on the technics and principles of dental orthopedia and prosthetic correction of cleft palate . nd. Between back teeth where the thicker interproximate portions of double-bandanchorage or adjoining bands of completed appliances are to be attached, the foldedtapes, finally, will always be necessary. With older patients it may at times befound advisable, especially when the contact point is near or at the occlusal sur-faces, to tie floss silk, or twist, around the contact point with the knot in the inter-proximate space. A few fibers of cotton placed in the loop may in this
A practical treatise on the technics and principles of dental orthopedia and prosthetic correction of cleft palate . nd. Between back teeth where the thicker interproximate portions of double-bandanchorage or adjoining bands of completed appliances are to be attached, the foldedtapes, finally, will always be necessary. With older patients it may at times befound advisable, especially when the contact point is near or at the occlusal sur-faces, to tie floss silk, or twist, around the contact point with the knot in the inter-proximate space. A few fibers of cotton placed in the loop may in this way be drawnin and held firmly between the teeth. Method of Introducing Tape.—In inserting the tape, hold the roll in onehand with a sufficient length unrolled to be grasped firmly and extended tautly withthe other; then, with the forefingers on the occlusal edge of the tape near the teeth,press the gingival edge into the space with a sawing motion. When the separating tape is inserted between the teeth, it is important thatit be cut off closely within the interproximate spaces in order that no projecting 147. 148 PART V. PRIMARY PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICE ends or fraying threads are left to act as sources of irritation or inducements to theremoval of the separators during the twenty-four or forty-eight hours they arerequired to remain between the teeth. For this piupose, scissors should be usedwith blades that are short, sufficiently narrow, and properly curved to enable theoperator to place the pointed ends on either side of the tape as it emerges from itslodgment, and cut it cleanly to the shortest possible length. A fine grade of curvedmanicure scissors may be used whose blades have been groundto the narrowest limitconsistent with strength. Tape scissors that are especially constructed for the pur- FiG. 85.
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