A practical treatise on artificial crown- and bridge-work / By George Evans. With 500 illustrations.

  • George Evans
Date:
1888
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Credit: A practical treatise on artificial crown- and bridge-work / By George Evans. With 500 illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    are required. Nothing, indeed, in dentistry demands finer ma- nipulation. A practical consideration of the subject will show that a knowledge of anatomy, pathology, and therapeutics, and as well mechanical and artistic skill, are necessary to the correct treatment of cases and the proper performance of the operations indicated. Among the principal steps in an operation may be named, first, the preparatory treatment of the natural roots and teeth for the final process, involving the diagnosis of present or probable lesions and the prescription of whatever remedial or prophylactic measures may be needful; second, in crown-work, the adaptation of the artificial crowns to the cervical portion of the natural roots and the contiguous membranes, and the restora- tion of the articulation and the anatomical contour; and, in bridge-work, the selection of suitable teeth or roots for founda- tion piers or abutments, and the choice and adaptation in con- structive practice of the forms which will insure the highest degree of stability and best sustain the force of occlusion, thereby avoiding abnormal positions and conditions. The practice of crown- and bridge-work by dentists possessing the requisite attainments and governed by correct ethical prin- ciples gives results which will establish its value, remove erron- eous impressions, and insure a wide professional and public indorsement of this important branch of prosthetic dentistry. Its ■ extraordinary facilities for preserving and replacing teeth arc graduall}^ making for it the position in dental art which it merits.
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