title: Improvement in Instruments for Filling Teeth title: Instruments for Filling Teeth creator: Ludwig, Carl D. contributor: Schmidt, E. F. contributor: Mohl, F. contributor: Almquist, A. W. contributor: Goethals, John contributor: Norris Peters Co. publisher: United States. Patent Office. date: 1876-02-29 language: English description: Patent for improvement in instruments for filling teeth. "The object of this invention is to furnish an improved mode of filling teeth, by the use of which the filling may be built up, hardened, and polished at once, so that the filling will be as hard as marble when the patient leaves the operator's chair, and so that they can be immediately used for masticating." subject: Inventions subject: Science and Technology subject: Business, Economics and Finance - Medicine - Dentists subject: dentistry subject: dental tools subject: dental instruments coverage: United States - Texas - Harris County - Houston rights: Public Domain type: Patent format: [1], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. format: Text identifier: pat-no: 174267 identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth166525/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth166525