Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-09-13
Operations ON the Teeth.
BIT EDWARD W. BLAKE.

IA GUWAhD W. DnhABs
Resident, Surgical and Mechanical
Dentist, Litch6eld, Conn.
Office 5 Doors west Of the County House.
elf then the teeth, designed for various use
Decay and ache, It's only from abuse,
And 10, triumphant art can we'll insure,
At least remedy, if moi cure"
TINE premature decay and consequent pain
Il and loss of the human Teeth. are attic.
tions Of no small magnitude. Still. not unlike
most evils which exist. we are ourselves the
authors Of these calamiiics They are but the
penalty treading upon The heels Of transgress-
ion We have transsressed BY neglecting to
have the teupo, airy teeth removed at the pro-
per time, by allowing PARTICLES Of food to re.
main between them until il has becom. putre-
scent. by permitting salivaty calculus or tartar
to collect and remain upon them by the Impro-
pei use Of acids, and the unrcstraiued use OF
hot teas and coffee
Although this evil may be said 10 be uniyer-
sal, and the woes which ii brings intxpressa-
BILE and insnfferable: still, strange as it NAV
appear, there has been comparatively little ef-
tort put forth IN this county, for its removal
There Is now so little attention given to thi:
subject, that probably not more than one in ar
hundred ct the population of our glorious unior
can tell when first int, rrogated the number q
teeth Naluie has given them, or of what they
are composed.
BesIowing as we do, no care upon things ot
which we do not think. and the teeth requir-
ing az much or more attention than other or
gans of the system, and receiving little and in
too many cases no care, is ii to be accounted a
matter Of surprise that they Sd soon decay, and
become so tormen'ing to the possessor?
II gratifying to know that an interest has
been sn far aw akened, a. that means have been
devised to arrest the evil, To stay the hand Of
the t"rmentor, and bid the smile Of health, con.
tenlmeni and gayetv return.
Persons afflicted with The tteih.ache or with
their loss, have no excuse, az they can he re.
lifved with little pain or Inconvenience b>
submitting 10 the following operations which
we pledge ourselves TO perform in the mos,
careful manner, and in accordance with lht
most approved principles Of dental science.
Extracting.
The great benefits resulting from this usual
ly painful operation, are too often lost sight OF
in the fearful dread OF the pain which ii costs
Cases however are not untreQuent, where pa.
rents and others to whom the care OF childiell
are committed, would not shrink from duty
though il might cost moments pain, were
they in possession Of guide TO direct them
when these operations should take rlac..
For the benefit of all such, we will give the
periods at which they should be removed com.
mencing with the central incisors OF theunder
jaw
Central incisors, at 7 years.
Lateral incisors at l-2 years. .
First bicuspids at s years.
Second bicuspids at 10 l-2 years
Cuspids or eye.teeth at l2 l 2 years.
No circumstance can operate to vary these
periods many months.
Great cafe should b. taken in their removal
thai no violence be Inflicted upon the pnlps Of
rndiments Of the second or permanent set sit.
uated almost. Immediately uAder them. Che
valier's improved premium Forceps are the
instruments we use fer this purpose as we'll as
for extracting teeth Of adults and it is the
testimony OF thousands that thIee-fourlhs the
pain caused by the use of the Key and other
unsuitable tools. is avoided by the use ofthese
invaluable instruments. In the practice Of ex-
tracing upwards OF ten Thousand teeth with
these Forceps, we have not found a case where
we could derive an advantage over them by the
use Of the Key.
We hive tested the virtues of Lelheon and
Chl0roforln in some FIVE hundred cases and
with the most satisfactory reSults. with very
few exceptions and I'VE chee,iully award TO
the inventors OF each great praise. The Lee
lheon however. has some advantages over the
Chlorofmm.
by the use Of these agents, teeth are reno.
we'd without the slightest consc iousnessof paii,
and the former al least, without danger t.
health.