OF THE National Dental Association AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION HELD AT NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. July 28-31, 1902. DENTAL DIGEST. CHICAGO. THE NATIONAL DENTAL ASSOCIATION, although formally accepting and publishing the reports of the various Sections, and the Essays read before the Association, holds itself wholly irresponsible for the opinions, theories, or criticisms therein contained, except when otherwise decided by special resolution.— Constitution. Disclaimer CONTENTS. PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS, by J. A. Libbey.. PAPERS. SECTION V-ANATOMY, PATHOLOGY AND SURGERY. A Bird's-Eye View of Pathology, by D. R. Stubblefield.. Page. 2 9 16 Regional Anatomy, by M. H. Cryer Ethnographic Odontology; the Inca Peruvians, by A. H. Thompson.... Discussed by 30 32 48 C. N. Peirce... W. I. Brigham.. Surgical Procedures in Abscess of the Maxillary Sinus, by J. D. Pat Bilateral Bony Ankylosis of the Temporo-Maxillary Articulation of Traumatic Origin, and Its Surgical Treatment-With Report and Presentation of Two Cases Recently Treated by Operation, by W. J. Roe...... 88 The Pathogenesis of the Lower Jaw, by G. V. I. Brown.. Discussed by ..119 Congenital Clefts of the Palate in Infants (Stereopticon Exhibit), by SECTION I-PROSTHETIC DENTISTRY, CROWN AND BRIDGEWORK, METALLURGY, CHEMISTRY AND ORTHODONTIA. Premature Extraction of Deciduous Teeth, by H. A. Pullen... .145 .152 .162 ..163 A Plea for Uniformity in the Preparation of Roots and the Construction of Bridgework, by C. L. Hungerford... . . . ......167 SECTION II-DENTAL EDUCATION, LITERATURE, NOMENCLATURE, HISTOLOGY AND MICROSCOPY. Some Thoughts on the So-Called "Preliminary Requirements,” by A. J. SECTION III-OPERATIVE DENTISTRY, MATERIA MEDICA AND THERAPEUTICS. Structure of the Enamel in Its Relation to the Formation of the Walls and Margins of Cavities (Cusps and Marginal Ridges), by F. B. Noyes Maxillary Fractures, special essay by Robt. T. Oliver.. MINUTES OF MEETING. FIRST DAY-Morning Session.... Resolutions on International Dental Congress. Report of Chairman of Section V... FIRST DAY-Evening Session SECOND DAY-Morning Session Report of Prosecuting Committee. THIRD DAY—Evening Session.. .192 .216 .224 .224 225 .229 .230 .231 .232 .233 .234 .238 |