Open Access Journal of Oral Health and Craniofacial Science Research Article Peaceful Bridging RS Carlson* ISSN Private Practice, Carlson Bridge Technologies, Inc., Hawaiia, USA 2573-6191 In our past 200 years we have seen the advancing development of Dental Arts and *Address for Correspondence: Dr. RS Carlson, Private Practice, Carlson Bridge Technologies, Science though discoveries by its practitioners. Perhaps it will do some good to review Inc., Hawaiia, USA, Tel: (808) 735-0282; Email: the basis upon which ixed tooth replacement has evolved—that is the prosthetic
[email protected] crown. Submitted: 27 November 2018 Approved: 04 December 2018 Prior to 1871, before the irst manufactured foot-treadle dental engine was Published: 05 December 2018 introduced in America, the restoration of structurally compromised teeth was with hand cutting instruments and bands of metal or wires that were place about the tooth Copyright: © 2018 Carlson RS. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative remanents. Although crude and only for the very wealthy, they seemed to be secure Commons Attribution License, which permits enough to last sometime—temporarily or permanently depending upon the time in unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction service. Since life expectancy at this time was less than 35 years, even “temporary”—a in any medium, provided the original work is year or more—would work well. properly cited We show here in our graphic igure 1, a page from the Dental Cosmos. In it we see the art of “engrafting” a metal crown about a tooth with minimal reduction/preparation. When the electric dental drill was patented by G.