Greene brothers' clinical course in dental prosthesis : in three printed lectures; new and advance-test methods in impression, articulation, occlusion, roofless dentures, refits and renewals / by Jacob W. Greene.

  • Greene, Jacob W. (Jacob Wesley), 1839-1916.
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[1914], ©1914
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Credit: Greene brothers' clinical course in dental prosthesis : in three printed lectures; new and advance-test methods in impression, articulation, occlusion, roofless dentures, refits and renewals / by Jacob W. Greene. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From this on, the work is the same as sho^^'n in the upper one of our double set. PINK RUBBER AND GUM SECTIONS. To be honest with my patient, I \\ould use pink rubber, if at all, no higher up than the laugh=test indicates. When I want to make an extra nice set of teeth on vulcanite, I use gum sections of pat- tern and shade to harmonize with my patient's normal face and her age. I think harmony may be of even first im- portance, over tlie fit of artificial teeth. For a plate worn in a hand-bag won't do botJi, dis- grace the dentist and disfigure his patient. I well remember when it was unethical and disgraceful to make a permanent denture of plain teeth. In fact, gumless teeth have made rubber work so easy, in a manner, as to bring it into disrepute. BITES IN SCATTERING CASES. On my rounds among dentists I find quite a good many still taking base^plate rim^bites in ])artial cases of scattering teeth. In such a case, the best and only bite needed is to make models of the natural teeth, upper and lower, and i)lace these together ])roperly on the artic- ulator, and exactly as those touched in the mouth. Abrasion of the natural teeth, co])ied onto tlie models, will nearly always sliow how to match the models in the articulator without any other bite. But, in exceptional instances. thin sheets of bite=marked wax will hel)) in the adjustment. Indeed, in many cases, it 's not necessary to even put them in the articulator. Well, indeed, I 've met several fairlv successful