Mechanical practice in dentistry.

  • Pearsall, William Booth.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Mechanical practice in dentistry. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A revolving seat is used in each workplace, so that the workman can use the grinding lathe placed in front of him or turn to either side to file vulcanite or metal, as the case may be. A workplace with two bench pins is a novelty, and will recommend itself to those whose workrooms are confined in area and light. The tools, I am informed, are placed on a revolving stand resembling three truncated cones placed one above the other, so smoothly balanced on a central spindle that with a touch of the finger any tool can be brought into view. The work benches which I have seen in the college or school work- rooms on both sides of the Atlantic are not as convenient or practical as I should at first sight have expected to see. Hundreds of clever men have been trained at these primitive benches, no doubt, but nevertheless it is my opinion that the college workrooms should be the very best of their kind to be seen in the district instead of being of the rude and makeshift character such as we often see them. It would be invidious on my part to cite particular instances on both sides of the Atlantic where the realisation of the natural capabilities of the workroom has fallen far short of the actual possibilities, which might have been existing realities if due consideration had been given to this problem. May I venture to hope that some of the plans which I here put forward may find acceptance with the professors and teachers of mechanical dentistry, and that the college workroom will be brought to the same level of completeness which we see in the best technical schools in the United Kingdom, on the continent of Europe, and in the United States of America ? It is with very great diffidence that I put forward my ideas on this subject. The plans are no doubt crude in some respects, and will probably soon be surpassed in several directions by designs made by some of the many able and ingenious men who practise my profession all over the world. D