The American Dental Institute, Limited (established 1885).

  • American Dental Institute Ltd.
Date:
[approximately 1897?]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The American Dental Institute, Limited (established 1885). Source: Wellcome Collection.

    19/34 (page 17)
    Fig. 5 represents a ease where, by the use of Crowns and Bridges, the whole of the teeth were restored. In these cases, patients are generally advised to have every tooth extracted and a plate made; but by the aid of the Crown, Bar, and Bridge-Work, such treatment is avoided, and the mouth may be made perfectly comfortable for a great number of years. A and B are different views of the mouth before anything was done, and C the mouth with the work all completed. It is impossible in a short description to embody every kind of combination of this work, but patients may take this general remark as correct: “That where teeth or roots stand in the mouth that can be used as piers, these Bridges can always be adjusted,” and, with teeth so fixed, the wearer cannot distinguish by appearance, nor hardly with the tongue, the artificial from the natural teeth. Fig. 6 shows a complete set of teeth as fixed to four roots (these roots need not necessarily be in the positions shown, the system is the same). A shows the mouth before the teeth are fixed, the roots treated and made healthy, and prepared for the Bridge. B shows the Bridge ready for fixing. C shows the mouth with the Bridge fixed. Some of the ad¬ vantages of this system are as follows :— Perfect Cleanliness.—Every part of the mouth and arti¬ ficial teeth can be reached by the tooth brush. Firmness.—The teeth being permanently fixed, cannot move in eating or speaking. Voice and Taste not interfered with.—There being no plate of any kind.