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GOLD 183

8. After-Condensation.—Go over the entire filling with
a small foot plugger, and thoroughly condense.

Ten Rules for Plugging Cohesive Gold

I. Pluggers.—Use pluggers ranging from M to
i milli-
meter in size, K millimeter for starting in convenience angles,
and larger sizes up to i millimeter for building.

Fig. 208. Fig. 209.
Fig. 208.—Illustration showing the process of stepping. The plugger is
"stepped" in definite lines a distance represented by the diameter of its face.
Number i represents the first line stepped, number 2 the second line, etc.
Fig. 209.—Showing the gold built in thin laminae and placed in a direction to
best resist the force of occlusion.

2. Stepping.—Step the plugger in definite lines, moving
it only a distance of the diameter of its face, after each thrust
or blow, to avoid bridging and imperfect condensation (Fig.
208).

3. Condensing.—Pack the gold in small pieces and thin
layers, condensing each layer thoroughly by the stepping
process to assure thorough condensation.
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