The principles and practice of dental surgery / Chapin A. Harris.

  • Harris, Chapin A. (Chapin Aaron), 1806-1860.
Date:
1863
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    8o4 Fig. 31U. It the construction of an artificial palate or obturator, to which artificial teeth are to be attached, a gold plate of the proper size should be fitted to all that portion of the vault of the palate and alveolar ridge which is to be covered by it, Avith a lateral branch on each side ex- tending to the first molar, or the tooth to which it is to bo clasped. To these, clasps should be soldered, and afterward arti- ficial teeth fitted and secured in the manner described in Part Sixth of this work. If, how- ever, the upper surface of the plate is to be surmounted with a drum or air-chamber, this should be done before the teeth are attached to it. In Fig. 316 may be seen the engraving of a simple palate-plate or obturator, with the central and lateral incisors attached to it. When the teeth have all been lost on one side of the mouth, or are too much decayed to serve as a support for an obturator, either with or without artifi- ficial teeth, the plate may be constructed with two branches upon the other side, if there be two healthy and firmly ar- ticulated teeth, to which clasps can be applied. A piece ap- plied in this manner, in con- nection with nine artificial teeth, namely, the four inci- sors, two cuspids, two bicus- pids and one niolar, is shown in Fig. 317. The clasps, as may be perceived by the cut, are intended for a second bicuspid and second molar. Although the molars on the opposite side of the jaw were absent, it was not deemed prudent to increase the weight of the piece by at- taching more than nine artificial teeth to the plate.