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IMMEDIATE MOVEMENT OF TEETH. 801

1886 by forcing with the forceps an inlocked bicuspid into the position
of a molar which he had just extracted. The tooth became firm in its
new position, but the pulp did not survive the operation. Figs. 829 and
830 were made from photographs of casts of the case, before and after
treatment.
Fh;. S80.

Immediate movement of bicuspid (Cunningham). After treatment.
Figs. 831 and 832 show casts of a case in which he forced five teeth
into new positions. The following is his description : " The patient hav-
ing been anesthetized (nitrous oxid and ether), the molar was extracted,
and after fracture of the alveolar process between the teeth both bicuspids

Fig. 832.

Immediate movem.ent of five teeth (Cunningham).

were luxated backward by means of Physick's forceps. The canine and
lateral incisor were similarly treated with the additional help of guarded
ordinary forceps. On endeavoring to luxate the central incisor, owing
to a curved and distorted root, it slipped down between the beaks of the
forceps, and thus became completely dislocated from its socket and all
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