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73, and even filled flat, so that no gold at all was visible from the
labial aspect. There may be instances where such a course would be
and I am not the
permissible, altogether discouraging practice of not
showing much gold. The point that I would bring out is that Fig. 73
does not restore the form of The
original Fig. 72. eye of the artist
must see at a glance that the lines of the filling in Fig. 73 indicate a
different form to that shown in Fig. 74. The production of these very
contour When
slight fillings always indicates the hand of a master.
I see a delicate line of gold showing, which just supplies the lost tissue,
I the name of the dentist and a mark to his credit. I do
inquire place
more than that, for where he is resident of a different I
city, place
him on my list of those to whom I refer patients of mine who may be
traveling.
losses the
along approximal surfaces
The restoration of these slight
me to the consideration of a which I have seldom seen
brings subject
discussed. In crowded jaws we sometimes see two teeth, let us say
central incisors, each
the superior decayed along the mesial surface,
FIG. 75. FIG. 76.

and in close contact. A seems to indicate that have
yet glance they
been into each other. Such a condition is shown in
actually pressed
What has occurred here? As teeth have
Fig. 75. erupted posterior
the
to this region, decay along these surfaces has allowed the central
incisors to yield and be crowded together. If they are filled with flat
as in Fig. 72, we do not show but we leave the teeth in
fillings, gold,
and These teeth can be
their irregular unsightly position. regulated,
and retained in their proper, erect position by simply wedging them
far to a restoration of contour with They
enough apart permit gold.
can be made to appear as in Fig. 76, which is assuredly more pleasing.
There is a departure from normal contour which is advisable,
In we noted the normal
especially in the bicuspid region. Fig. 77
condition, and find that though the point of contact is not very great,
there is no space for the accumulation of food and debris because the
fills what would be a After caries sets in, this
gingiva space. pedicle
of gum is often lost, and the teeth come to us as shown in Fig. 78. If
however artistic that
we restore the original contour precisely, might
be, it would not be fortuitous, for it would often invite a recurrence of
caries the border of the cavity. In such teeth
along gingival filling
it becomes necessary to produce a form which, while sightly, will