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Jaw wiring
The act of wiring a jaw keeps it closed for some amount of time. Originally this was as the mandibular equivalent of a cast, to fix the jaw in place while a fracture healed, but now jaws are often also wired to prevent the ingestion of solid food, for weight-loss purposes.
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