Identifier: dentalcosmos5619whit (find matches)
Title: The Dental cosmos
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: White, J. D McQuillen, J. H. (John Hugh), 1826-1879 Ziegler, George Jacob, 1821-1895 White, James William, 1826-1891 Kirk, Edward C. (Edward Cameron), 1856-1933 Anthony, L. Pierce (Lovick Pierce), b. 1877
Subjects: Dentistry Dentistry
Publisher: Philadelphia, S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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truments. Nos. •*> and 4. as il-lustrated (next page). Besides givingcomplete peripheral axial access on roots,instruments Xos. 3 and 4 effectivelyscale into buccal bifurcations between 316 THE DEXTAL COSMOS. upper molar roots, and also into lingualand buccal bifurcations between lowermolar roots. Distal bifurcations between uppermolar roots are best scaled by Xos. 5and 6 being used in addition, while thesame two instruments give most grati-fying access lingually of long or reclininglower incisors, reaching deeply on theirroots. They give great help distally oflower molars also. Small round burs. Xos. 1 and 2, madetwenty-one sixteenths of an inch longover all, and run in an adjustable anglehandpiece, are used to remove cariousbone from sockets. They can be placedat any angle desired, and their lengthallows unlimited access for the purpose,even in distant places between andaround molar roots, both above andbelow. Round burs in a straight hand-piece can be used to advantage for the
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In upper second bicuspids instrumentsNos. 7 and 8 are needed to scale properlyinto the mesial bifurcation betweenupper molar roots, using them in addi-tion to Xos. 3 and 4. They are usedmesially of lower molars also. Aluminum finger-rest knobs are placedon the handles of the instrument pointshere illustrated—and as mentioned onpage 300 of the 1912 Transactions ofthe Xational Dental Association; theyallow of sterilization by heat, and givethe necessary power to the points andside blades of the instruments by theirbeing brought very nearly within thecircumference of the knobs, which alsoincrease accuracy of touch by extendingthe surface of contact with spatulatednerve fibrils on which the tactile senseat the tips of fingers depends. Perish-able knobs have heretofore been used. same purpose only around the roots ofupper anterior teeth. Angle burs ofusual length lack reach. (a) Temporary Retention of LooseTeeth, (b) Concealed RetainingSplint. (By Dr. Chas. A. Priest,Marion, Ind.) (a) A

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