Porcelain inlay : a treatise on its theory and practice in dentistry / by Dr. Arthur E. Peck.

  • Peck, Arthur Elsworth, 1863-
Date:
[1902]
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Credit: Porcelain inlay : a treatise on its theory and practice in dentistry / by Dr. Arthur E. Peck. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    M MATRIX FORMATION ATRIX formation is the next step in the process of porce- lain inlay. While it is of the highest importance, it is diffi- cult to lay stress on any one point as being more essential than another. Each link in the chain of this work must be perfect, differing from other operations in the fact that a failure in any part of the oper- ation is fatal. It is impossible, in a majority of cavities prepared by this system, to obtain perfect adaptation to all parts of the cavity, except by swaging, it being essential that the whole sur- face be perfectly covered, as the