It took more than money and man-power to lay the transatlantic cable. Gutta-percha, a natural plastic extracted from trees in Southeast Asia, sparked a craze in Victorian England, leading to its ...

This new wonder material was called Gutta Percha, after the tree that it came from, and it would blow Victorian minds. Video by Archie Crofton Narration by Emily West Follow BBC Reel on Twitter ...

It provides easy filling of lateral and curved root canals. Flowable alpha gutta-percha with low melting point allows apical sealing of the root canal including lateral canals and isthmi.

While in other cases accurate reverses by means of gutta percha can only he obtained by the application of pressure, this is not the case with the composition of Mr. Kress, which, in assuming a ...

While some reputable websites refer to these cases as “gutta-percha” the term preferred by collectors is “union case” or even “thermoplastic.” They were made from a mixture of wood and ...

A little over a century ago the traditional feather-stuffed golf ball, in use for over 400 years, was replaced by a ball made of gutta-percha. Up to that time golf had been played almost ...

Founded in 1849 by Pauline Moynat, the House whose signature “M” monogram makes it easily detectable, established itself as a ...

The same molds, as employed for de'positing copper, may also be used for depositing iron, only it is advisable, in employing molds made of lead or gutta-percha, to cover them previously with quite ...

It's no secret that Dublin actor Barry Keoghan has gone from strength to strength in the last 12 months, from his appearance ...

A gutta purcha obturator is a hand-held device used in root canal therapy to fill a tooth with gutta purcha, a form of natural rubber. Obturators heat the material before delivering it into the ...