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Excerpt from The American Text-Book of Operative Dentistry: In Contributions by Eminent Authorities The demand for a new edition of the American Text-book of Opera tive Dentistry has necessitated much more than a mere revision of the previous text. The work has been largely rewritten and the fifth edition is therefore practically a new book. Such a radical change has been rendered necessary by the rapid evolution which has taken place throughout the entire domain of the science and art of dentistry since the publication of the previous edition. The accumulation of new data, the investigation of the deeper problems of dental science, and the modification exerted by these factors upon the practice of dentistry have wrought changes that in certain departments are little less than revolutionary. So rapid and far-reaching in their effects are many of the changes which have taken place that the whole subject of operative dentistry has been and still is in a state of ux. The mirroring of the progressive m'ovement in operative dentistry will be evident in the plan as well as in the text of this work. The constantly growing demand for preventive dentistry has made it necessary to treat several subjects in a much more extensive manner than has been done in former editions in order that the undergraduate student may more intelligently comprehend preventive dentistry in its relation to all other operative procedures. It is fully recognized that the scientific basis of many of the subjects which constitute preventive dentistry in its broadest sense is much more fully elaborated in the present work than would be justifiable in a treatise or text-book devoted exclusively to operative dentistry as an art; but as there appears to be a demand upon the part of students and practitioners for a volume furnishing a comprehensive View of the fundamental principles upon which alone an intelligent and rational practice may be based, the treatment of the' subject of operative dentistry in the present work has been extended to include those principles. 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."