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 ...

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.

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 ...

Portuguese engineer Jose d'Almeida describes the uses of gutta-percha to the Royal Asiatic Society in London. Gutta-percha, produced from the sap of the gutta tree, is a hard yet flexible ...

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 ...