Lectures on operative dental surgery and therapeutics . al (Fig. 56), decay had so destroyedthe substance of the tooth that the enamel of the labialsurface was literally all that remained above the and brittle, it appeared semi-transparent (a a), andpresented the ragged and uneven edges as shown. 147 The nerve canal being prepared and filled, on the floor(Z>), two rectangular excavations were formed; andin each of these depressions, an anchorage was anchorages, combined with the filling of the nervecanal, gave a very strong attachment vertically. To pre-vent lateral dis
Lectures on operative dental surgery and therapeutics . al (Fig. 56), decay had so destroyedthe substance of the tooth that the enamel of the labialsurface was literally all that remained above the and brittle, it appeared semi-transparent (a a), andpresented the ragged and uneven edges as shown. 147 The nerve canal being prepared and filled, on the floor(Z>), two rectangular excavations were formed; andin each of these depressions, an anchorage was anchorages, combined with the filling of the nervecanal, gave a very strong attachment vertically. To pre-vent lateral displacement, the feathery edges of the remain-ing enamel were carefully dressed, reduced shghtly inheight and width, and then bevelled from the labial to thelingual aspects. The gold, as it rose from the base of thefining, was returned upon the bevel; and, when the opera-tion was completed, and the restoration of the contour ofthe tooth effected, the plate of enamel appeared framedwith gold on three of its boundaries, as is represented inFig. 57, c c
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