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REMOVAL OF A WRONG TOOTH. 405

very frequently be accomplished with the most satis-
factory results. Mr. T., aged 15 years, of.good consti-
tution, and in good health, and with the mouth princi-
pally in a normal condition, had the second inferior
bicuspid of the left side removed by mistake, the first
molar being the offending tooth. The former was at
once put into cold water, and the latter forthwith

extracted. The socket of the bicuspid was then
cleansed, and the tooth replaced. There was slight
soreness for a few days, after which the tooth was
found to have made a firm and permanent reattach-
ment; and from that time to this—twenty-five
years—it has remained perfect, and is now as healthy,
lifelike, and valuable as any other tooth in the mouth.
Since the issue of the first edition of this work*
many cases have come under the observation of the

writer, in which detached teeth have been replaced,
and become as firmly fixed in the sockets as before re-
moval, and remained in apparently a healthy condition
so far as the attachment is concerned. In some of
these cases very unfavorable conditions were present.
So numerous and successful have these cases been,
that the feasibility of replacing teeth that have been

improperly removed, is a matter no longer to be con-
troverted, and especially when favorable conditions
exist — good health and tone, both general and local.
and the parts involved not too much fractured and
lacerated.