Pettyjohn reports a successful case of tooth-replantation in his young daughter of two, who fell on the cellar stairs, completely excising the central incisors.

The alveolar process of the right jaw was fractured, and the gum lacerated to the entire length of the root.

The teeth were placed in a tepid normal saline solution, and the child chloroformed, narcosis being induced in sleep; the gums were cleaned antiseptically, and 3 1/2 hours afterward the child had the teeth firmly in place.

They had been out of the mouth fully an hour.

Four weeks afterward they were as firm as ever.