Oral surgery : a text book of diseases of the mouth intended chiefly for the use of students of dentistry / by Edmund W. Roughton.

  • Roughton, Edmund W.
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
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Credit: Oral surgery : a text book of diseases of the mouth intended chiefly for the use of students of dentistry / by Edmund W. Roughton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    warmed and driven down on the teeth and gums. The chin- plate, lined with wash leather, is put in position and held there. The swivel clamp3 are then fitted into both plates and by the thumbscrew can be made to clamp the plates together until the requisite tension is attained. The advantages claimed for this apparatus are (a) it can be quickly and readily applied (b) it can be used over and over again for different patients Fig. 9.—ACKLAND’S SPLINT. (c) the mouth and splint are easily kept clean (d) it does not interfere with the function of the jaw (e) it can be used in edentulous cases. The chief disadvantage of any splint having a chin piece is that the pressure of the latter is apt to produce pain and to lead to ulceration or sloughing. (6). Ligaturing the Teeth. This procedure loosens the teeth and irritates the gums. It should only be used to fix