A new system of teeth regulation with finely made original devices ready for immediate operative application without soldering / by Miland A. Knapp.

  • Knapp, Miland Austin, 1868-
Date:
[1901], ©1901
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Credit: A new system of teeth regulation with finely made original devices ready for immediate operative application without soldering / by Miland A. Knapp. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    If Operators were now compelled to make from blanks bough at dental depots burs, excavators, pluggers, clamps, etc., an. had to make a new one or lot for every operation they wer called upon to perform, the filling of teeth Avould be a muc more tedious and expensive process than it now is, yet thi is what has hitherto been done in nearly every case of dent^ irregularity which dentists have been called upon to correct. After a long series of experiments in practical ^work, tt c'luthor has succeeded in performing with the regulating device described in the following pages, all the operations usuall met with in practice, and he claims for these devices thefollov ing advantages: ADVANTAGES OF THE SYSTEM. First: They are ready to take out of the box and apply i the teeth. No heating or soldering is required. They are ther fore as neat in appearance in the mouth as ^when removed fro: the box. Second: The several members are as small as is consistei \vith strength, they are well plated to resist tarnishing, a £iccessible in all situations, and are not liable to displacemei or loss by the patient. Third: All the parts are interchangeable, and when an ext: member is ordered for a special case, it v^ill v^ork v^ath all t l^arts on hand as Avell as those afterv\^ard obtained. Fourth: The directions of force can be changed in a fe moments at any time to overcome unlooked-for requiremem or an entirely different device may be put on v^dthout the usu tr(:>uble of removing bands and soldering on nev^ attachmen Fifth: The threaded bars having nuts screv^^ed on ready f action can be readily placed in, or be taken from the soci clutch bands while these are fixed on the teeth; ^whereas, other systems, the nuts must first be unscrewed, the bL ends be pushed through the band tubes, beyond which thent must be again vScrewed onto the bar ends. This is a ve icflious and troublesome operation when those bar ends < tend ])eyond the band tubes on vSecond molars. Sixth: The several devices can be used over and over ai^a and will last as long as some instruments commonly used