  | PAGE | | CHAPTER I. | | Antiquity of Tin—Alchemistic Name—Medical Use—Where Found—Purity Obtained—Physical Characteristics | 1 | | CHAPTER II. | | History of the Use of Tin Foil, 1783-1844 | 7 | | CHAPTER III. | | History Continued, 1845-1895 | 15 | | CHAPTER IV. | | Columbian Dental Congress—Opinions on Tin Foil—Reasons for Using—Manufacture in United States—Number and Weight of Foil—Cohesion—Good Qualities of Tin Foil—Temporary Teeth—Thermal Changes—Calcification—Chalky Teeth | 27 | | CHAPTER V. | | Discoloration of Tin—Decomposition of Food—Sulfids—Oxids—Galvanic, Therapeutic, and Chemical Action | 40 | | CHAPTER VI. | | White Caries—Gold and Tin as Conductors—Wearing Away of Fillings—Poor Foil—Buccal Cavities—Number of Years Fillings Last—Strips or Tapes for Filling—Number 10 Foil—Form of Cavities—Shields—Matrices—Condensing—Finishing—Cervical Margins—Filling Anterior Teeth—Lining with Gold | 49 | | CHAPTER VII. | | Filling, part Tin, part Gold—Cervical Margin Liable to Caries—Electrolysis—Hand Pressure—Hand Mallet—Tapes and Ropes Compared—Manner of Preparing Foil—Starting the Filling—Cylinders—Mats—Facing and Repairing—Tin Shavings—Dr. Herbst's Method—Fees | 56 | | CHAPTER VIII. | | Dr. Robinson's Fibrous and Textile Metallic Filling—Tin and Gold combined (Tg), Methods of Preparing and Using—Lining Cavities with Tin—Tin and Amalgam—Plastic Tin—Stannous Gold—Crystal Tin—Filling Root-Canals—Tin and Watts's Sponge Gold—Capping Pulps | 66 | | CHAPTER IX. | | Temporary Fillings—Sensitive Cavities—Integrity—Tin with Sponge, Fibrous, and Crystallized Gold—Tin at Cervical Margin—Filling Completed with Gold—Gutta-Percha and Tin—Occlusal Cavities with Tin and Gold—Comparison of Gold with Tin—Wedge-shaped Instruments—Old Method of Using Rolls, Ropes, Tapes, or Strips—Later Method—Filling with Compact and Loose Balls—Cylinder Fillings—Operative Technics | 91 |
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