A practical treatise on mechanical dentistry . an inch wide, occluding perfectly with the lower teeth, andplain teeth soldered in place, hiding the bar, and just meetingthe gum in front of the incisor roots. The plate rested squarelyagainst the capped cuspids, each of which showed a narrow bandof gold when the plate was in position. As finally completed (seeFig. 640) this was the most perfectly fitting piece I ever inserted, Fig. requiring great care in its removal, and yet by a little practice thegentleman was able to remove and replace it quite easily. It wasalso as firm as any permane
A practical treatise on mechanical dentistry . an inch wide, occluding perfectly with the lower teeth, andplain teeth soldered in place, hiding the bar, and just meetingthe gum in front of the incisor roots. The plate rested squarelyagainst the capped cuspids, each of which showed a narrow bandof gold when the plate was in position. As finally completed (seeFig. 640) this was the most perfectly fitting piece I ever inserted, Fig. requiring great care in its removal, and yet by a little practice thegentleman was able to remove and replace it quite easily. It wasalso as firm as any permanent bridge could have been, though ithad no support on the left side back of the first bicuspid. The lower jaw was supplied with a double 20-carat gold plate,having a wide clasp on the first right bicuspid, which, after being BRIDGE DENTURES. 633 built up, presented a cone-shaped top, about which the clasp fittedso as to rest firmly upon the end of the tooth, thus preventing in-jury to the gums during mastication. The only peculiarity was that the second left inferior molar,being abnormally short, though well-formed and standing upright,was fitted with a wide clasp, extending about ]/§ of an inchabout the tooth, and a piece of gold plate with gold cusps wassoldered into its clasp, covering the molar crown and occludingwith the molar on the upper plate. (See Fig. 641.) This not onlyprevented the plate from being bitten down unpl
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