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Excerpt from A Work on Operative Dentistry, Vol. 1 of 2 The original intention in writing this book was to confine it strictly to a consideration of dental caries and its treatment, but later atrophy and erosion of the teeth were added. Atrophy of the teeth seems now to have been completely made out both as to its causation and the principal forms of the injury to the hard tissues of the teeth, and it was thought best to place this information on record in permanent form. Much of the detail as to these injuries may, however, be discovered in the future. Our information regarding erosion is far from complete and it now seems probable that much time may elapse before its investigation will develop satisfactory results. Its apparent increase in frequency and the great damage it is doing, calls for the closest study that the profession can give. Otherwise than the presentation of these two conditions, this book will be confined strictly to the consideration of dental caries and its treatment. This comprises the main features of Operative Dentistry, though in fact it is only one department of our daily work at the chair. Diseases of the dental pulp, diseases of the peridental membranes, alveolar abscess, and the whole group of pathological conditions of the soft tissues, are subjects for another volume. The time has passed for including in one book all of the subjects of dentistry. While I have not been unmindful of the needs of the general practitioner in the preparation of the book, it has been planned especially for use of students in dental schools. The subjects are introduced and carried forward step by step, from the simpler to the more complex, with complete explanations of the nomenclature for the beginner in the work of preparing cavities and filling teeth. In the treatment of this subject, the questions of the pathology of caries applicable to the prevention of recurrence of decay after fillings have been made, and the conditions under which operations should or should not be done, have been repeated often in order to keep these matters constantly before the mind of the student. In the arrangement of the matter, the logical order usually observed in books has been followed. That is, the pathology has been presented first and the treatment later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.