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Title: Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth

Author: Henry L. Ambler

Release Date: October 8, 2008 [EBook #26840]

Language: English

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TIN FOIL
AND ITS
COMBINATIONS FOR FILLING TEETH.

BY
HENRY L. AMBLER, M.S., D.D.S., M.D.,
Professor of Operative Dentistry and Dental Hygiene, in the Dental
Department of Western Reserve University.
Member of the American Dental Association; of the Ohio State Dental
Society; of the Northern Ohio Dental Association;
of the Cleveland City Dental Society.

PHILADELPHIA:
THE S. S. WHITE DENTAL MFG. CO.,
LONDON:
CLAUDIUS ASH & SONS, Limited.
1897

Copyright, HENRY L. AMBLER, 1896.
All rights reserved.
Entered at Stationers Hall, London.

Transcriber's Note:

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Variant
and obsolete spellings, particularly chemical terms, have been
retained. The oe ligature is represented by [oe]. Subscript
characters are shown _{thus}, for example H_{2}O.

PREFACE.

Believing that sufficient and well-deserved prominence was not being
given to the use of tin foil and its combinations, the author decided to
present a brief historical resume of the subject, together with such
practical information as he possesses, before the profession in order
that it may have the satisfaction of saving more teeth, since that is
the pre-eminent function of the modern dentist. One object is to meet
the demand for information in regard to the