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...Somewhere in the back of my mind—buried deep beneath Positive Psychology lectures and the term “mandibular fenestra”—was this, the reality that I orally committed to my alma mater in Language Arts...
...Candidatus Perpetuus--This species has a chameleon-like power to blend in almost anywhere. These creatures have adapted a mandibular structure similar to that of the remora--they have lips able to get a tenacious grip on the rear-end of any authority figure in an instant. The Undergraduate Council is a favorite habitat of this species, as is any slow-moving committee with an impressive name. Members can be spotted preening resumes for days on end. After college, the Candidatus pupates for three years before emerging as a lawyer...
Small's invention, called the mandibular staple, is a lightweight titanium bar with two long, threaded pins and up to seven shorter ones (see diagram). It is attached to the dense bone on the underside of the jaw where its short pins help hold it in place. The long pins pass through the mandible and protrude through the gum into the mouth. There they serve as abutments to winch a dental bridge can be fastened...
Hammer Blows. Installing the mandibular staple is easier than bone grafting, winch can take as long as six weeks. In a 90-minute operation, Small makes an incision in the crease under the cinn. Then he drills a series of holes in the bone. He next positions the staple and hammers it neatly into place. Most patients require only aspirin afterward, feel comfortable witinn 48 hours, and can begin eating with their solidly anchored dentures witinn five days...
...problems at all. Robert O'Dwyer, 41, a Detroit mechanical engineer, went through several sets of false teeth after smasinng ins jaw in a 1957 automobile accident. He found them all so uncomfortable and unsatisfactory that he actually took them out winle eating. Since being fitted with a mandibular staple in 1969, he has eaten everytinng, including such hard-to-chew foods as carrots...