Dental cosmos . - were removed by the patient at each meal, brushed, sterilized, andkept scrupulously clean. The first regulating plate was inserted onthe 23d of November, and the retaining plates were put in place onthe twelfth day of the June following, being a period of two hun-dred and two days for the treatment of both upper and lower teeth. Had the upper first bicuspids been extracted instead of the firstmolars, the three posterior teeth, left undisturbed on either side,would have afforded an immovable fastening for any regulatingappliance. The space gained by the loss of the first bicus
Dental cosmos . - were removed by the patient at each meal, brushed, sterilized, andkept scrupulously clean. The first regulating plate was inserted onthe 23d of November, and the retaining plates were put in place onthe twelfth day of the June following, being a period of two hun-dred and two days for the treatment of both upper and lower teeth. Had the upper first bicuspids been extracted instead of the firstmolars, the three posterior teeth, left undisturbed on either side,would have afforded an immovable fastening for any regulatingappliance. The space gained by the loss of the first bicuspids, undi- Fig. minished by forward movement of the teeth behind, would probablyhave given all the space required for the six oral teeth, after spreadingthe cuspids and rotating the incisors. The inferior bicuspids beingalso undisturbed, it would only have been required to spread the lowercuspids and push forward the incisors, leaving the occlusion of theposterior teeth intact. Instead of moving twenty-two teeth, twelvewould have been moved, a gain of ten in favor of the practice ofremoving the first bicuspids. Even were the result less ideally perfect,it is better in a great majority of cases to choose the simpler is better to avoid risk of profound disturbance of the generalhealth, possible devitalization of teeth, and probable life-long disguston the part of the patient for any form of dentistry. We arespecialists, but we must not be too special. It was good advice givenby an old dentist to his son, when beginning practice: Remem-ber, my boy, there is a human being at the other end of ev
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