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162 HISTORY OF DENTAL SUEGERY

"In describing the instruments necessary for the operation of stopping, I
fear I shall be found to differ from many dentists, as well with respect to
the shape as the number of the instruments required. The little variety offered
by the instrument makers is absolutcl}- a satire on the profession. * * *

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Dr. Snell 's Filling Instruments.

Dr. Snell gives llie following description of his filling instruments (cutters
and pluggers) :
"In the plate the diagrams must be considered as merely intended to give
an idea of the class of instruments suitable, from which may be framed numer-
ous varieties to meet every description of case. * * *
"If the aperture is small, having an irregular shape, the enamel should first
bo cut with the file headed instrument (bur?) ; (Fig. 3) ; next, a broad shaped
instrument (Fig. 3) the size of the aperture should be introduced, having
curve, if the situation requires it. This should be rotated, in circles of the
wrist, until the caries is removed entirely. This instrument will leave a cavity
shaped precisely as is most desirable."
Fig. 1-1 are excavators for use in larger and more irregular cavities.
"The gold should be introduced with one of the stopping instruments (Fig.