Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . h i o-. Fig. 4 h Fig. 4 K Rinrhhohl. Mi/miicn. INJURIES OF THE FACIAL BONES. 105 iodoform gauze, which may, if necessary, be secured inplace with sutures. [Pure carbolic acid is one of the bestdisinfectants to use in wounds about the gums and should be applied with a cotton swab and followed atonce with alcohol.—Ed.] Displaced fragments can, as a rule, be readily reducedby direct pressure, but permanent retention often presentsconsiderable difficulties on account of the action of themuscles. Fortunately
Atlas and epitome of traumatic fractures and dislocations . h i o-. Fig. 4 h Fig. 4 K Rinrhhohl. Mi/miicn. INJURIES OF THE FACIAL BONES. 105 iodoform gauze, which may, if necessary, be secured inplace with sutures. [Pure carbolic acid is one of the bestdisinfectants to use in wounds about the gums and should be applied with a cotton swab and followed atonce with alcohol.—Ed.] Displaced fragments can, as a rule, be readily reducedby direct pressure, but permanent retention often presentsconsiderable difficulties on account of the action of themuscles. Fortunately, we now have other means besidessplints and other apparatus applied to the outside of thejaw and chin, and held in place by a roller the help of a dentist, fixation of the fragments maybe achieved by means of splints secured to the teeth ofboth fragments. Sometimes the simple procedure of tyingtogether the teeth by means of silver wire wrapped aroundthe crown suffices. It is only in cases where the teeth arelost, or under unusual conditions, that we are forced t
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