A Case of Bilateral Dislocation of the Mandible
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relatives stated that as the result of a violent fit of yawning five days before he could not close his mouth. I immediately wrapped a piece of gauze around each of my thumbs, put each on the cutting surface of the lower molar teeth on each side and pressed downwards, whilst t'he other fingers of each hand were directed towards the chin and exerted upward pressure. Within ten seconds the mandible rolled back into place in the mandibular fossa and the patient was immediately able to close his mouth. This method of reducing a dislocation at the temporo-mandibular fossa is, of course, a well known one. The patient and his relatives were amazed
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