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§ xvra. Manner of Enamelling Incorruptible Teeth.
The beauty of our teeth consists principally in the manner
in which they are enamelled. The precise plastering of the
enamel is no less necessaiy to their preservation, and is what
protects them from exterior causes ; for which reason one
cannot bestow too much care in its preparation. If the paste
has not been well ground, .the enamel ought to be the more
attended to. We have already made known the manner of
preparing it ; it now remains for us to speak of the manner
of applying it to incorruptible teeth.
Presuming it to be in a state of extreme division, it may
be applied to the exterior surface of the teeth, by means of
a feather pencil.
Each tooth is fixed on the end of a match furnished with
wax for modelling it ; this wax is to hold the tooth by means
of the cramps which penetrate ; then there is laid on the
care
surface of the tooth a sufficient quantity of enamel ;
must be taken that the enamel is neither too thick nor too
thin, for in either case the enamelling will be badly done.
The teeth are placed, one by one, on a platina grate, made
expressly to facilitate their drying.
After being sufficiently dried, and the enamel adhered to
the paste, they are put with care in a box, to be taken to the
potter's porcelain furnace ; they are shut up again in a cas-
ket sprinkled with sand, and in placing one along side of the
other, they must not touch one another, for fear that during
the baking, they will adhere together during the fusion of
the enamel, which may happen in despite of all our pains.
It is here we repeat, it must be recommended to the pot-
506
§ xvra. Manner of Enamelling Incorruptible Teeth.
The beauty of our teeth consists principally in the manner
in which they are enamelled. The precise plastering of the
enamel is no less necessaiy to their preservation, and is what
protects them from exterior causes ; for which reason one
cannot bestow too much care in its preparation. If the paste
has not been well ground, .the enamel ought to be the more
attended to. We have already made known the manner of
preparing it ; it now remains for us to speak of the manner
of applying it to incorruptible teeth.
Presuming it to be in a state of extreme division, it may
be applied to the exterior surface of the teeth, by means of
a feather pencil.
Each tooth is fixed on the end of a match furnished with
wax for modelling it ; this wax is to hold the tooth by means
of the cramps which penetrate ; then there is laid on the
care
surface of the tooth a sufficient quantity of enamel ;
must be taken that the enamel is neither too thick nor too
thin, for in either case the enamelling will be badly done.
The teeth are placed, one by one, on a platina grate, made
expressly to facilitate their drying.
After being sufficiently dried, and the enamel adhered to
the paste, they are put with care in a box, to be taken to the
potter's porcelain furnace ; they are shut up again in a cas-
ket sprinkled with sand, and in placing one along side of the
other, they must not touch one another, for fear that during
the baking, they will adhere together during the fusion of
the enamel, which may happen in despite of all our pains.
It is here we repeat, it must be recommended to the pot-
