THE INTERNATIONAL DENTAL JOURNAL A MONTHLY PERIODICAL DEVOTED TO DENTAL AND ORAL SCIENCE EDITED BY JAMES TRUMAN, D.D.S. VOL. XXIV PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL DENTAL PUBLICATION COMPANY LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO VOLUME XXIV. D.D.S. CHARLES C., CONSTANT, THOs. E., M.R.C.S. CURRY, JOHN C., D.D.S. CUSTER, DR. L. E. DAVENPORT, W. S., D.D.S. DRAY, DR. ARTHUR R. DUFFIELD, DR. JOSEPH E. EATON, DR. HORACE E. EGLIN, DR. A. C. FERNALD, ADELBERT, D.M.D. FLETCHER, M. H., M.D., D.D.S. GLAZIER, C. M., D.M.D. HARRISON, WALTER, L.D.S. (Eng.), D.M.D. (Harv.). HEISE, O. N., M.D., D.D.S. HOLDEN, GEORGE M., D.M.D. HOPKINS, SAMUEL A., M.D., D.D.S. HOWE, J. MORGAN. HOWE, PERCY R., M.A., D.D.S. JENKINS, N. S., D.D.S. LUCKIE, S. BLAIR, D.D.S. KELLS, C. EDMUND, JR., D.D.S. MINSHALL, A. G., M.D. PARKHURST, CHARLES E., A.B., PATTEN, CHARLES C., D.D.S. REEVES, W. T., D.D.S. RHEIN, M. L., M.D., D.D.S. ROLLINS, WILLIAM. RÖMER, PRIVATDOCENT DR. VON. Ross, DR. JAMES. SMITH, F. MILTON, D.D.S. SMITH, MURDOCH C., D.D.S., M.D., D.M.D. SMITH, DR. T. VICTOR. STANLEY, NED A., D.M.D. STEEVES, ALICE M., D.D.S. STUBBLEFIELD, D. R., M.D., D.D.S. TALBOT, EUGENE S., M.D., TAYLOR, DR. FRANK T. WENTWORTH, EVAN P., D.M.D. LIBTHEY BY HORATIO C. MERIAM, D.M.D., SALEM, MASS. It would be a pleasant task if one could recall the various forms and methods used in crowning and give the merits of each their fitting place, but to-night I am to confine myself to some uses for English tube-teeth. I shall have the pleasure of first showing some of the ways that they may be used as crowns; then as they may be fastened to a cap or ring around an adjoining tooth, limiting myself to the bicuspid teeth as far as possible. Then refer to some of the instruments and methods of working, and present some general considerations bearing on the teaching of methods. Those who wish for a fuller account than can be given to-night I refer to an article by Mr. John Girdwood, L.D.S. (Edin.), D.D.S. (Univ. of Pa.), read before the World's Columbian Dental Congress and printed in Vol. I. of its transactions. Of the two mechanical means now used in attaching crowns, the dowel, commonly called a pivot, was the method used until the gold 1 The editor and publishers are not responsible for the views of authors of papers published in this department, nor for any claim to novelty, or otherwise, that may be made by them. No papers will be received for this department that have appeared in any other journal published in the country. 2 Read before the American Academy of Dental Science, April 2, 1902. |