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Title: The Dental cosmos
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: White, J. D McQuillen, J. H. (John Hugh), 1826-1879 Ziegler, George Jacob, 1821-1895 White, James William, 1826-1891 Kirk, Edward C. (Edward Cameron), 1856-1933 Anthony, L. Pierce (Lovick Pierce), b. 1877
Subjects: Dentistry Dentistry
Publisher: Philadelphia, S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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within reason, involtage due to load, etc., or to variationsin room temperature. Liquid wax is available at all times oron short notice, at the option of the opera-tor; and by having several wax cups,different colors or kinds of wax may be VAX HORN.—THE WAX PATTERN. 9S3 used. The wax in the wax cup willliquefy at a temperature of from 160° to1T0° P., with the handle of the rheostaton the third button; but if a higher stateof fluidity be desired, the handle shouldbe moved to the fourth button, which willraise the temperature of the liquid waxfrom 190 to 800° F. Hot water, for spraying the patternwhile in the tooth-cavity, is available at nique in a previous paper, the authorsset of home-made carvers make the opera-tion comparatively easy. This set of instruments was mademostly from worn-out or broken excava-tors3 burnishers, etc. The temper wasdrawn, and the points and shanks bent tothe proper angles and ground or filed tomeet requirements. They were then re-tempered and polished.
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all times; also, if desired, the wax formmay be immersed in hot water just priorto inserting it into the moist cavity. While we see no reason for softeningthe wax form in hot water, the applianceis readily adjustable to meet any whimsof that sort. A SET OF HOME-MADE WAX-CARVERS. After the softened wax form is adaptedto the moist tooth-cavity and the teethare brought into normal occlusion, thewax form must be carved and polished.While carving wax patterns is an art. aswas pointed out and described as to tech- HOW THE WAX CARVERS ARE USED. Xo. 1 is the pet of the set and canjustly be called a universal instrument,its field of usefulness being almost un-limited. Xos. 2, 3, and 4 come next in impor-tance. The angle of the working point,in conjunction with that of the shank,gives them a wide range. They are es-pecially useful in carving out the em-brasures and interproximal spaces. Xos. 5, 6. and T are shaped like Xo. 6explorers. While they are not so univer-sal as Xos. 2, 3. and 4. they h

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