. The science and practice of dental surgery. Fig. 45J. of the filling; while the joint is thus coveredgingival recurrence of caries will not take maintenance of the inter-proximal spaceand of the health of the tissues occupying it aretherefore of the first importance in the preven-tion of both caries and pyorrhoea Fig. 451. The student is advised to note well tlie formof the gingival lines upon the incisors as seenin these figures, so that in the application ofligatures, finishing instruments, etc., he maythe better guard against violence to the peri-cementum, which, if


. The science and practice of dental surgery. Fig. 45J. of the filling; while the joint is thus coveredgingival recurrence of caries will not take maintenance of the inter-proximal spaceand of the health of the tissues occupying it aretherefore of the first importance in the preven-tion of both caries and pyorrhoea Fig. 451. The student is advised to note well tlie formof the gingival lines upon the incisors as seenin these figures, so that in the application ofligatures, finishing instruments, etc., he maythe better guard against violence to the peri-cementum, which, if wounded or separated fromthe cementum,is likely to remain in a permanentlydiseased condition (2). Class 2.—Pit and Fissure Cavities Typical examples of the smaller pit and fissurecavities prepared for filling are seen in Fig. filling of these ca\ities with foil is a com-paratively simple operation. The end of a rollof very slightly cohesive foil is introduced and 384 with thrusts of such a phigger as Nos. 5 or 6,Fig. 442, packed until the cavity is one-half ortwo-thirds filled. Into the gold thus packedcohesive gold is thrust with a small point andby hand pressure until the whole is solid andthe cavity has a firm grip of it. By mallet orhand pressure the remainder of the cavity isfilled with cohesive gold. No considera


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