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VIII THE TECHNICAL PROCEDXJRES IN FILLING TEETH.

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Filling with Gold 247
Filling with Non-cohesive Gold 247
Filling with Cohesive Gold 249
Preparation of Gold Foil. Application of Force in Filling
with Cohesive Gold. The Relation of the Size of Plug-
ger Points to the Application of Force. Plugger
Points. Back Action and Quadrangle Instruments.
Separating Teeth 259
Filling Cavities with Gold by Classes 265
Class 2. Proximal Cavities in Bicuspids and Molars 265
Ca.se, Mesio-ocelusal Cavity in Upper First Molar. Start-
ing the Filling with Cohesive Gold. The Angle at
which the Condensing Force should be Applied. The
Wedging Principle. Covering the Gingival Wall.
Covering the Cavo-.surface Angle. Building into the
Occlusal Step. Building the Contact Point. Cover-
ing the Occlusal Margins. After-condensation. Com-
bination of Non-cohesive and Cohesive Gold in Proxi-
mal Cavities in the Bicuspids and Molars. Distal
Cavities in Bicuspids and Molars.
Class 1. Pit and Fissure Cavities 280
Occlusal Cavities. Other Pit and Fissure Cavities.
Classes 3 and 4. Proximal Cavities in the Incisors and Cuspids 282
Case, Distal Surface of Upper Central Incisor. The Gin-
gival Portion. Incisal Retention. Contact Point.
After-condensation. Variations Occurring in Incisor
Proximal Cavities. The Lamination of Gold in In-
cisor Proximal Cavities and Building of Angles that
have been Lost.
Class 5. Cavities in the Gingival Third of Buccal and Labial
Surfaces 289

Finishing Gold Fillings 291
Separation. The Saws. Finishing Knives. Finishing
Files. Proper Form of Proximal Surface Fillings.
Form of Contact Point. The Occlusal Surface. Pol-
ishing.