Excerpt from Dominion Dental Journal, Vol. 27: Official Organ of All Dental Associations in Canada It is agreed, I am sure, ' that crown and bridge work ought really to be an art. It is then proper and necessary to ask which one of the many definitions of art would best apply to it. Upon careful consideration I have found the answer most appropriately given in the trite but revealing epigram: utrue art is to conceal art. In this epigram we also find described our difficulties and limitations. For we must reproduce nature exactly as we find her. Even her variations and imperfections must be copied. And right here our restrictions begin to make themselves felt. The artist in oil or marble has more latitude than we have. It is always within his power to flatter a little. In more dignified phraseology, he idealizes nature. He finds her unfinished and imperfect. She has good intentions, of course, but as Aristotle said, she cannot always carry them out. We dentists, however, can-not take liberties with our art. If we adopt as our ideal motto: True art is to conceal art, we must mean, as we ought to mean, - that we are going to try to make a real imitation of nature, an imitation so perfect that nature herself would be deceived. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.