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98 THE TREATMENT OF TEETH
or in any exposed position, a pellet or cylinder is
placed against one of the walls, in such a manner
that one end of the pellet touches the floor, and the
other end projects slightly beyond the orifice. The
pellet is then pressed fairly firmly against the wall,
and should usually be as large as can be conveni-
ently introduced and pressed into place. Another
pellet is placed against one of the other walls, and
so on, until the walls are covered with gold, each
piece of which has been well pressed laterally to
place. Other pellets are in like manner introduced
and pressed towards the walls, until only a small
hole is left at the centre of the filling ; one or more
pellets are then forced into this hole, taking care
that the gold goes well down to the bottom of the
hole, and also taking care that the pellet, if a single
one is used, will fill up the hole, or the last one,
if more than one is used, will completely fill it
when pressed in and condensed as much as possible.
It should be mentioned that if more than one pellet
is used at this part, the hole should be suflSciently
deep to admit of the last pellet being sufficiently
deeply inserted to remain in place after the filling
is completed and finished. When this hole in the
centre is filled up, proceed to make a hole in another
part of the plug with the sharp-pointed wedge-
shaped plugger, enlarge this hole by lateral pressure,