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THE TIGHTENING OF LOOSE TEETH
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deposits removed ; but this treatment will be useless
until mechanical fixation is secured.
1 have treated a great many cases of loosemng,
due to pyorrheea alveolaris, with topical applications
and cauterization, without obtaining any satisfactory

result.
After the application of radiography, neither gums
nor teeth have been relieved, while mechanical fixa-
tion, combined with topical applications, has brought
about notable improvement.
As the result of experimental studies, I have been
more and more convinced that mechanical fixation
ought not to be based upon special principles. It is
a matter of no importance whether fixation is secured
by the use of wires, ligatures, or celluloid splints, or
whether loose molars are fixed by connecting collars
or by inlays.
In bringing before the profession my system of re-
taining lo°ose teeth, I shall indicate my own method
; but there are besides, I believe, other
of procedure
ways that will attain the results I have secured after
many trials.

Special Rules for Preparatory Treatment and
Fixation.
It would appear to be good practice to operate in the
first incipient stages of loosening, and not to wait to
see whether the condition will improve or get worse.
Even in cases where only one or two teeth are loose.