Artificial Teeth.

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Patent for the lower set of artificial teeth, "and aims to provide retainers and combine them with the plate, so as to hold the denture in place against accidental displacement during the process of articulation, prehension, mastication, and deglutition" (lines 10-15). This invention "provides retainers which fill a vacuum in the mouth never heretofore utilized in the construction of artificial teeth and which form a rest for the muscles in their contraction incident to the movements of the jaws, and these retainers render a lower set of artificial teeth s comfortable and serviceable as if they were natural" (lines 22-29).

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[1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Johnston, George A. & Carroll, Houston M. September 17, 1895.

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Patent for the lower set of artificial teeth, "and aims to provide retainers and combine them with the plate, so as to hold the denture in place against accidental displacement during the process of articulation, prehension, mastication, and deglutition" (lines 10-15). This invention "provides retainers which fill a vacuum in the mouth never heretofore utilized in the construction of artificial teeth and which form a rest for the muscles in their contraction incident to the movements of the jaws, and these retainers render a lower set of artificial teeth s comfortable and serviceable as if they were natural" (lines 22-29).

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[1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Application filed June 4, 1895. Serial No. 551,638. (No model.)

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  • September 17, 1895

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Johnston, George A. & Carroll, Houston M. Artificial Teeth., patent, September 17, 1895; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth174093/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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