Page 23 - Directions for the manipulation of the Gysi adaptable articulator

19 as In Illustration No. 17. If, however, the niandlhle Is being held forward by the patient, the anterior part of the pattern in the wax will not present a sharp point. The patient should be kept at this exercise until the mandible has gone back to a position of rest and the anterior point of the pattern is sharp. When, this pattern is satisfactorily traced, the vaseline may be rubbed from the trial plates and the bite may be taken. The following method will help. The thumb and middle finger are placed along the margin of the lower jaw with their ends near the angles. This brings the root of the forefinger opposite the chin. 111. No. 18. A method of inducing- the patient to bite nor- mally, which the writer finds useful. It is described in the text. This part of the forefinger is now lightly pressed against the chin and the patient told to close the jaw. Never tell a patient to bite: that suggests thrusting the jaw forward. When the jaw Is closed with the registering point just In the sharp forward angle of the pattern In black wax on the Horseshoe Plate, It should be re- tained in that position. With a right angled excavator reach into