Principles and practice of operative dentistry . exposes the margins of the fillings that they can be kept clean with thetooth-brush, and it effectually secures them against a recurrence of carieswith ordinary care of the mouth, provided the operation has been properlyperformed. Cavities situated upon the distal and morsal surfaces of the bicuspidsand molars unite to form disto-morsal cavities. These are no different from the class just described except in theirlocation, which adds very much to the difficulties in filling. All fill-ings of this class have to be made by the aid of reflected lig
Principles and practice of operative dentistry . exposes the margins of the fillings that they can be kept clean with thetooth-brush, and it effectually secures them against a recurrence of carieswith ordinary care of the mouth, provided the operation has been properlyperformed. Cavities situated upon the distal and morsal surfaces of the bicuspidsand molars unite to form disto-morsal cavities. These are no different from the class just described except in theirlocation, which adds very much to the difficulties in filling. All fill-ings of this class have to be made by the aid of reflected light, whilethe progress of the operation is viewed from the reflected image in themirror. When the cavities are located in the posterior part of the mouth, as,for instance, in the second molars the difficulties of obtaining unobstructedlight and vision are considerably enhanced. The operation of filling may be greatly simplified by the adjustmentof a suitable matrix, thus converting a complicated operation into a sim-ple one. If the cavity has be
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