“In the year 1720 the eldest son of M. Duchemin, player in ordinary to the King, who was then sixteen years old, came to me to have the second large molar on the left side of the lower jaw extracted. It was very much decayed. I drew it, and a year and a half after the tooth was completely regenerated.”[436] In Chapter XXVIII the author relates twelve cases of dental irregularities corrected by him with satisfactory and at times even surprising results. We here refer, in Fauchard’s own words, to the last two of these cases, not because of their being the most important, but because from them it is evident that Fauchard was not the only dentist who undertook such corrections, although he was perhaps the only one who, in certain cases, carried them out with a rapid method. “In the year 1719 M. l’abbé Morin, about twenty-two years of age, whose countenance was greatly deformed from the bad arrangement of the incisors and canines, consulted various colleagues of mine as to the possibility of correcting the irregularity of his teeth. Some found the thing so difficult that they advised him to do nothing at all, that is, not to risk any attempt. He came to me by chance one day whilst another dentist was with me. We both examined his mouth with much attention. Now, as this dentist was my elder, and I believed him to have more experience than I had, I begged him to give me his opinion as to the best method to follow in this case, in order to insure success. Whether it be that he would not give me advice, or that he was not in a position to be able to do so, the fact is, that his answer was not such as I could have wished. I therefore felt myself obliged to tell him that I hoped to put this gentleman’s teeth in order within three or four days. My colleague was not aware that this could be done so quickly; urged by curiosity, he returned when the time I had indicated had elapsed, and found, not without surprise, M. Morin’s teeth reduced to perfect order.”[437]