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at the opposite cuspid, where the ends are seen. Once more I have
lest the illustration should be In
left the work incomplete, confusing.
practice I should after reaching this second cuspid reverse the order
of work and proceed backward again, tying in each tooth, till I ended
where I had begun.
In Fig. 50 is seen a row of ligatures nearer the cutting-edges of the
teeth. These are applied in a different manner, and this method I
term "weaving." If the reader will consult Fig. 50 a, or else operate
on a model as before suggested, this most valuable method will be
made clear. In this case the tying is begun around the right cuspid,
the knot being made at the center of the labial surface. There are
now two loose ends. One is carried inward, passing between the
and the lateral incisor, then outward between the lateral and
cuspid
central incisors. The other end is carried straight across the space,
passed inward between the lateral and central incisors, and then out-
FIG. 50 a.

ward between the lateral incisor and the cuspid. Then the ends are
tied once more into a knot, this time at the center of the labial surface
"
of the lateral incisor. In a similar way the weaving" is continued
till the is reached, when the ends are cut off short, no
opposite cuspid
effort being made to return. In some instances I use both these
methods on the same set of teeth, as, for in cases of frac-
example,
ture, but I must call attention to the fact that they are totally differ-
ent in their action. The figure 8 simply draws the teeth together
laterally, while the "weaving" will force outward any tooth which
stands within the arch. This in many cases is desirable, while in
others it is to be avoided. Where the four inferior incisors are loose,
and the
cuspids either absent or of such form that a ligature cannot
be tied if the
securely, weaving method were used about the four teeth
the result would be that would stand in a
they straight line, which
would be mischievous. In such a case the arch must be braced with
the figure 8 ligature first. If the cuspids cannot be utilized, then begin
around a bicuspid and skip around the cuspid. On the other hand, it
sometimes occurs that, though all the teeth are loose, one is much