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178 FILLING TEETH.

from the cavity, during the process, the better for
the success of the operation. The surface of every
filling should be consolidated for finishing, before
it is allowed to become moist; for, if it becomes
saturated with moisture before consolidation, it is
impossible to make a perfect finish. There should
always be gold enough superadded to insure this;
and the consolidation of the surface should be effected
with a burnisher of the proper form, used with the
mallet, consolidating the entire surface as thoroughly

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and smoothly as possible, exercising great care about
the borders of the filling. Fig. 46 represents the
forms of the burnishers suitable for almost all cases.