A practical treatise on mechanical dentistry . is made, the spaces that were occupied by the tacks are filled withthe metal, so that we have a plate with a row of tacks of the samemetal, which can be easily bent for attachments, standing aroundupon it. If gum sections are used in connection with a plate formed inthe manner just described, vulcanite may be employed as a meansof attachment, but plain, single teeth are equally admissible in the 360 MECHANICAL DENTISTRY. use of either rubber or celluloid. The particular alloy used by in casting plates, and of which he speaks in terms o
A practical treatise on mechanical dentistry . is made, the spaces that were occupied by the tacks are filled withthe metal, so that we have a plate with a row of tacks of the samemetal, which can be easily bent for attachments, standing aroundupon it. If gum sections are used in connection with a plate formed inthe manner just described, vulcanite may be employed as a meansof attachment, but plain, single teeth are equally admissible in the 360 MECHANICAL DENTISTRY. use of either rubber or celluloid. The particular alloy used by in casting plates, and of which he speaks in terms of highcommendation, consists of pure tin and bismuth, in the proportionof one pound of the former to one ounce of the latter. The following method of preparing aluminium plates for the at-tachment of the rubber was communicated to the author by Dr. Hollingsworth, of Greencastle, Indiana, an intelligent practi-tioner who has had long and extended practical experience in thevarious modes of working this metal for dental purposes, and whosa
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