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paratory to placing the incisors in the grasp of contouring forces. Fig.
872 shows tiie position of the teeth in this case in the intermediate
stage, the anterior teeth crowded into imperfect alignment, and with
no special facial improvement. (It may be added that at this stage
in the operation, cases of this kind have been considered finished,
until it was found possible to enlarge the apical arch.)

Fig. 873. Fig. 874.

Fig. 873 shows correctly the final result, which was accomplished
with the contouring apparatus described in section VI. It will be
seen that the incisors are in an upright position and there is now
ample room for all the teeth, while the remarkable improvement to the
physiognomy is poorly shown by the fiice model Fig. 874.
Another case, that of the upper arch. Fig. 875, if examined alone

Fig. 87G.

and compared M-ith the upper of the former case, or Fig. 860, will be
found very similar. The same crowded condition of the teeth, the same
lack of sufficient room for the proper eruption of the canines ; and yet
this is from the model of a case that absolutely demanded the extraction
of the bicuspids. At fourteen years of age the irregularity presented
the appearance shown in the illustration Fig. 876, showing the models