Principles and practice of operative dentistry.

  • Marshall, John Sayre, 1846-1922.
Date:
[1905]
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    PREFACE. In the preparation of this volume the author has kept in mind the needs both of students and of practitioners of dental surgery. It has been his endeavor so to present the subject-matter as to give the student a comprehensive view of the principles and practice of operative dentistry, arranged in a natural and orderly sequence. This plan has also been carried out in the presentation of each individual topic, in the hope that the student will thereby be helped in his understanding of the various phases of each department of the subject and likewise taught to be me- thodical in his studies and operations. It is also hoped that the dental practitioner will find in the work material which will assist him in his investigations of those pathologic conditions of the teeth and their con- tiguous parts, and the surgical methods employed in their treatment, that occupy so large a part of his time, energy, and skill. The methods of constructing artificial crowns and bridge-work have not been included in this volume, because in the opinion of the author they properly belong to the department of prosthetic dentistry. The subject of orthodontia has also been excluded, for the reason that this branch has assumed the proportions of a separate specialty, and would therefore occupy more space than could be given to it in a work of this size and character. The author desires to acknowledge his great indebtedness to his friend Dr. Yida A. Latham, of Chicago, for her valuable services in the prepara- tion of numerous original and interesting photomicrographs of normal and pathologic dental tissues and of bacteriologic specimens ; also to his friends Dr. E. E. Andrews, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Mr. James S. Shearer, of Bay City, Michigan, for the use of a number of original photo- micrographs from their valuable collections 5 to Dr. W. D. Miller, of Berlin, Germany; to Dr. J. Leon Williams, of London, England; to Dr. Filandro Vincentini, of I^aples, Italy; to Dr. Matt H. Cryer, of Philadel- phia, and to Dr. Frederick B. Noyes, of Chicago, for the privilege of reproducing and using several illustrations from the published accounts of their investigations. The author also acknowledges the courtesy extended by Dr. Wilbur F. Litch, Dr. G-. Y. Black, and the publishers of the '-'American System of