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I have prepared this case report with that thought in mind. I shall present the problems involved in this individual case and shall present the advantages and disadvantages of the different modes of procedure which are POS-sible. My reasons for proceeding as I did and the results obtained will be explained. The case selected is typical rather than unusual. Fig. 1 shows the case of a girl whose maxillary right central incisor had been completely knocked out when she hit a wall while riding her scooter. The other central incisor and the other teeth were not affected by the blow. I first saw the case in 1929 when the child was eight years of age. Two methods of procedure were possible in this case. Both presented advantages and disadvantages. I shall try to make clear the way in which I weighed the problem and my reasons for proceeding as I did. One procedure in such cases is the maintaining of t, he space left by the …