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GENERAL REMARKS. 327

and in which the removal of one or more of them, for
this purpose, becomes a necessity if regularity and
symmetry are to be secured.
6. To prepare the mouth for a proper reception of

artificial teeth on plates. Though plates are some-
times inserted, with the roots of teeth remaining,
which is admissible only when the roots and the parts
about them are healthy; otherwise they should be
removed.
Before anything else is done, every case presented
should be carefully examined, in order to ascertain
all the circumstances and conditions that might in
any way affect the operation. It is important to

arrive at a correct conclusion in regard to the tooth
or teeth to be removed ; the number of roots, their
inclination, and the character of their attachment;
in what manner, and to what extent the surround-
ing parts will be affected by their removal ; and the
probable amount of force necessary for this purpose.
The operator will, in many instances, be referred to
for a sound and healthy one
the wrong tooth ; is
sometimes painful from sympathy, and, standing in
contact with a decayed and painful tooth, makes it
many times difficult for the patient to determine in
which the pain exists ; and sometimes difficult for the
operator, too, especially where the decay is on a
proximal portion of the tooth, and not easy of