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duced by these bad artificial teeth, which were of sea horse
ivory, she had now lost both of the bicuspids and the first
molar tooth of the side upon which she had lost the canine
tooth, so that she was placed in precisely the predicament
which I mentioned in my first objection to ligatures. See
the preceding objection to these, &c. As her dentist's skill
seemed to be somewhat at an end, as there were no more
teeth to which a ligature might be tied, he applied to me to
know what could be done to replace her teeth. I found her
last set of four teeth tied to the remaining canine ; of course
on one side only, whilst the other was not fastened at all
consequently, whenever she spoke, her teeth moved as well
as her tongue ; which, to say the least, was a most unpleasant
state of things, and rather bordering on the ludicrous. I took
out this last set of teeth, which were tied in, and replaced
six elegant animal teeth, mounted upon a fine gold plate,
with gold springs and clasps, carried back so as to embrace
the molar teeth, which the lady has since worn with the ut-
most pleasure and satisfaction. Cases when ligatures tied
to the upper teeth, and having this effect, are seen every day.
I will mention a part of the following case.
Case II.
Mrs. O , living in the south part of this city, called
upon me last spring, in great trouble. She had had several
sets of teeth placed in her mouth at different times, as in the
case of Mrs. A , and like her, disease, probably induced
or aggravated by her artificial teeth, had destroyed nearly all
her back teeth, and the artificial ones had done the same for
most of her front teeth, nearly as in case of Mrs. A .
But in that of Mrs. O , the canine teeth were very firmly
placed in their sockets, so as not to be readily moved
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duced by these bad artificial teeth, which were of sea horse
ivory, she had now lost both of the bicuspids and the first
molar tooth of the side upon which she had lost the canine
tooth, so that she was placed in precisely the predicament
which I mentioned in my first objection to ligatures. See
the preceding objection to these, &c. As her dentist's skill
seemed to be somewhat at an end, as there were no more
teeth to which a ligature might be tied, he applied to me to
know what could be done to replace her teeth. I found her
last set of four teeth tied to the remaining canine ; of course
on one side only, whilst the other was not fastened at all
consequently, whenever she spoke, her teeth moved as well
as her tongue ; which, to say the least, was a most unpleasant
state of things, and rather bordering on the ludicrous. I took
out this last set of teeth, which were tied in, and replaced
six elegant animal teeth, mounted upon a fine gold plate,
with gold springs and clasps, carried back so as to embrace
the molar teeth, which the lady has since worn with the ut-
most pleasure and satisfaction. Cases when ligatures tied
to the upper teeth, and having this effect, are seen every day.
I will mention a part of the following case.
Case II.
Mrs. O , living in the south part of this city, called
upon me last spring, in great trouble. She had had several
sets of teeth placed in her mouth at different times, as in the
case of Mrs. A , and like her, disease, probably induced
or aggravated by her artificial teeth, had destroyed nearly all
her back teeth, and the artificial ones had done the same for
most of her front teeth, nearly as in case of Mrs. A .
But in that of Mrs. O , the canine teeth were very firmly
placed in their sockets, so as not to be readily moved
