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Scientific American, Vol. 94, No. 14 (1906) (1906)

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e When the composition for the body of the tooth “body” of the artificial tooth is made from feldspar interior of Africa and remote parts of the Orient. (usually called spar), silex, and kaolin. The enamel Once every dentist made his own supplies in his has been placed in the mold, the cover is… … also from hu- trim off the man teeth. rough edges, and shape them for the second baking. When taken None of these were satisfactory. The ivory of the matter. For the information of the exacting reader, elephant and hippopotamus tusk was not impervious to it may be said that the feldspar is composed…

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