Dental mechanics / by Harry Rose.

  • Rose, Harry
Date:
[1895-1896]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dental mechanics / by Harry Rose. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The appliance consisted of a vulcanite plate covering the back teeth on either side, and into the buccal borders little loops were vulcanized, these were to fasten the rubber bands to. An impression was now taken of the faces of the six front teeth, and from the resulting model a zinc die and counter were obtained. A piece of dental alloy was struck up to the teeth, (see Fig. 24), and it will be noticed that two small extensions loop over the points of the t two front teeth, the object of these pieces is to prevent the plate from slipping up and cutting into the front gum. Two loops were soldered to the upper and distal extremities of this plate, in a line corres- ponding with the loops on the vulcanite plate, so that the two pieces could be attached by small india rubber bands. In this
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