| 单词 | rubber dam |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrubber dam e. In full rubber dam. A sheet of soft rubber pierced with one or more holes and fitted in the mouth so as to protect the exposed tooth or teeth from saliva while a filling or other operation is done; also (without an article), rubber in the form used for this purpose. Chiefly U.S.It was invented by S. C. Barnum, of New York, in 1864. ΚΠ 1872 L. P. Meredith Teeth 117 By the use of the rubber-dam inconvenience and unsuccessful operations may be avoided. 1908 G. E. Hunt in C. N. Johnson Text-bk. Oper. Dentistry ix. 146 For operations on the anterior six teeth a triangular shaped piece of dam will be found both efficient and economical. 1927 J. D. H. Jamieson Oper. Dentistry iii. 30 It is used in the form of strips of rubberdam. 1927 J. D. H. Jamieson Oper. Dentistry iii. 33 Rubberdam is supplied in three grades of thickness. 1940 S. D. Tylman Theory & Pract. Crown & Bridge Prosthesis xxiii. 284 In those patients whose flow of saliva is copious, much time may be saved by the use of a rubber dam. 1969 R. E. McDonald Dentistry for Child & Adolescent x. 176/2 A few explanatory words and referral to the rubber dam as a ‘raincoat’ for the tooth or as a ‘Halloween mask’ will invariably allay the child's fear. rubber dam rubber dam n. Dentistry a sheet of soft rubber pierced with holes and fitted in the mouth so as to protect the exposed teeth from saliva while a filling or other operation is done; (without article, in form rubberdam) rubber of this type. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > dentistry > [noun] > other dental equipment explorer1844 plate1845 rose head1847 plugging forceps1861 plugger1862 rubber dam1865 finger mirror1867 nerve instrument1867 hoe1875 saliva extractor1877 thimble1877 finger-tray1878 scaler1881 matrix1883 saliva ejectora1884 sickle scaler1930 1865 Dental Cosmos 6 13 ‘Barnum's Rubber Dam’ is the name of a simple device for preventing the intrusion of blood or saliva during the operation of filling. 1876 Monthly Rev. Dental Surg. 4 269 With rubberdam in place, [he] applied the lead with the paste over the exposed nerve. 1927 J. D. H. Jamieson Oper. Dentistry iii. 30 It is used in the form of strips of rubberdam. 1997 Jrnl. Amer. Dental Assoc. 128 1423 (advt.) Introducing Hu-Friedy's new Satin Steel rubber dam clamps. < as lemmas |
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