was processed, fig. 34, it was placed in position, figs. 35, 36, and x-rays were taken, figs. 37, 38. One and a half to two cc of Decadron Phosphate intramuscularly after surgery seems to work very well in reducing or eliminating the swelling sequellae, fig. 39.

A very interesting case came into my office in the early 1960s complaining of a loose fitting denture with constant sore spots. Upon radiographic examination, magnets were revealed in the posterior portion of each side of her mandible, figs. 40, 41. Upon examining the lower denture, seeing no attracting magnets I decided to radiograph the teeth. They revealed no magnets, figs. 42, 43. Upon further questioning the patient, she claimed that her constant visits to her dentist complaining of pain posteriorly gradually caused all of the denture magnets to be ground away, thus establishing that even a denture with attracting magnets is still tissue borne and the patient still suffers from denture sore spots.

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