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preface.

PRESENTING this treatise on filling teeth with porcelain, the
IN author does it because he believes it to be the best material for filling
cavities in incisors and cuspids. No material known to dentistry pre-
sents such artistic possibilities, and the primary cause of failure is largely
due to the fact that many dentists have treated this artistic work purely
as a mechanical operation. The mechanical side of the operation must
not be lost sight of. and the many points of mechanical detail must be
carefully executed to make the operation successful.
Literature in connection with porcelain has been much in evidence,
and it would seem that the subject has been thoroughly covered. How-
ever, there has been but little practical information to the beginner in it.
The "high fusing" enthusiast could see no virtues in "low fusing" porce-
lain, and the "low fusing" enthusiast attributed his success to the material
used. Each manufacturer claimed to have the best product and so played
upon the credulity of the inexperienced that many sore disappointments
were caused.
Porcelain will hold its place as a filling material, and every con-
scientious dentist should use it when it is indicated. The practice of dis-
figuring patients by filling conspicuous cavities with gold should be dis-
continued, for he who uses good judgment in the selection of filling ma-
terials serves his patients best.
John Q. Byram, D.D.S.