A manual of dental mechanics.

  • Coles, Oakley, 1845-1906
Date:
1873
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Credit: A manual of dental mechanics. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    speech was restored at once to its normal tone and distinctness. Gargling the throat and mouth (before impossible) were now accom- plished with ease, while by the restoration of the teeth to their natural state the patient’s appearance was very much improved. The appearance of the mouth after treatment is shown in Fig. 135. The deformities arising from phagedsenic ulceration must be treated on precisely the same principle as those arising from syphilitic ulceration; it is not therefore necessary to enter into these separately. The deformities of the mouth arising* from mechanical injury assume the most various conditions, consisting either of defect owing to loss of substance, or malformation dependent on the influence of cicatrices of wounds inflicted in the soft tissues. In the former instance we have simply to reproduce the lost parts as nearly like nature as possible, but in the latter it may be necessary to construct an apparatus or appliance in such a way as to counteract and at last overcome the disfigurement arisino* from the steady contraction of the flesh. Each case must be treated according to its special features and peculiarities. No precise instruction can be of any use. Certain general