| It had the game to itself up to 1848, which was the year that the gutta came in. |
| The properties of balata correspond with its composition, and it may therefore be classed as an inferior gutta percha. |
| This is derived from a tree, Mimusops balata, belonging to the same natural order as gutta percha trees, viz. |
| Small dog head handle: 22 cal. r.f. Very fine gutta percha body with German silver ring at the neck. |
| In its most convenient form it consists of a hoop of gutta percha, over which a circular piece of parchment paper is stretched. |
| In a two-armed clinical study, 84 teeth were sealed with the lateral condensation technique and 78 filled with warm gutta percha. |
