Excerpt from The Dental Digest, Vol. 4: A Monthly Summary of Dental Science Devoted to the Progress of Dentistry; January-December, 1898 A dentist needs some means of indicating precisely the forms of the instruments used in the operations he endeavors to describe, and especially is this badly needed in schoolwork. So long as the teacher has no means of accurately designating the particular instrument he employs, so long will his manipulative teaching be vague and uncertain. The pupil will be unable to know just what is meant, and any description of the manner of using individual instruments will be confusing and without force. Not only this, but the confusion gives rise to an unnecessarily great multiplicity of instrument forms. We being unable to teach manipulation, the student fails to learn the range of valuable instrument forms, and the powers and capabilities of instruments, and is therefore continually seeking new forms, hoping to find that which will serve him better. This being done without accurate appreciation of mechanical laws, the vast majority of efforts are fail ures, which tend only to further confuse the manufacturer's numbers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Dental Digest, Vol. 2: A Monthly Summary of Dental Science Devoted to the Progress of Dentistry, the Official Organ of the Dental Protective Association of the United States; January December, 1896 They may be applied in most cases to roots, preparatory to crown setting, and will open up around the stump so that the operator can see what he is doing, while trimming it to receive the band or fitting the porcelain to it. They are worn with very slight dis comfort and produce no soreness, and are kept on for a day or two, when the tooth is ready for the Operation. I drill a slot on its. Labial face (fig. 3) one-eighth of an inch, or perhaps less, 'in length, starting very slightly above the gum line, one-sixteenth of an inch in width, and as deep as it is safe to go, making an undercut with a wheel or inverted cone bur, and to insure a neat operation the lower end of the slot, this being a superior bicuspid, should be carefully squared, otherwise it will be apparent where the ends of the bandage are connected. Next with a knife-edged disc I cut a notch on the palatal face of the tooth near the cusp (fig. 4) and looking toward the gum, so as to give a good firm rest for the gold which is to be fitted into it. I now apply the rubber-dam and prepare the cavities. The only excavating which is demanded is simply what is necesary for the removal of the decay, as the shape of the cavity is of no consequence. This is an important feature of the opera tion and one that will commend itself to the patient, for in many cases a large share of the pain, which would be unavoidable in preparing a cavity for the reception of a metallic filling, is obviated. I fill with oxyphosphate, restoring the contour, and wait for the cement to set, then smooth with polishing strips and remove the darn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.