The tightening of loose teeth : some technical innovations / by Witkowski, translated by Edgar Neumann and William M. Gabriel.

  • Witkowski.
Date:
1912
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Credit: The tightening of loose teeth : some technical innovations / by Witkowski, translated by Edgar Neumann and William M. Gabriel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Toronto, Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, University of Toronto.

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    tooth to be drilled firmly towards the gold retainmg- wall. The pin, when put through, is kept in place by an assistant with pliers. Next, drill through the opposite canine, again pass a pin through this, the entire retaining appliance being thus fixed for further drilling. To avoid any inexactitude in the drilled canals, pass a fissure-burr through each hole. The six teeth drilled, take another impression, re- moving in one impression both the retaining-wall Fig. 1:5. and pins. At the internal wall press the compound over the retaining appliance, but at the external wall only as far as the pins, and remove the impression (Fig. 13). In case the compound passes between the pins, re- move it carefully, and press any displaced pins back into the grooves that are visil^le in the compound. The model shows the retaining appliance with six 2