Excerpt from The Dental Times, 1865, Vol. 2: A Quarterly Journal of Dental Science I refuse to operate in all cases where the will of my patient is to interfere with my freedom in cutting away dead portions Of enamel, as much as may be necessary to secure firm healthy borders, and to make enduring fillings. I am, perhaps, more lavish in the use of my cutting instruments than many eminent Operators, but the result of more than one hundred thousand fillings sustains and justifies my practice. The fears that the plugs will be seen must be dismissed by the patient, and disregarded by the opera tor, if the safety Of the tooth is the end sought. In the incisors, especially, is firmness in this matter required, and young Operators are Often found yielding to the prejudices of the wrong directed judgment of their unin formed patrons; and it is only in after years, when the teeth are hope lessly crumbled away, that both learn their mistake. 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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