The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1863-03-26
Communicated.
Filling Teeth.


and made useful te old age The object
of the following essay will DO to acpuaint
the public with the:highest attainment Of
the art Of Dentistry, in securing this
end.
The loss Of the teeth is the result Of
two causes. The first. that of decay, wi J
receive our present attention. Tue sec,
ond. that Of absorption Of the sockets,
the result of diseased gums, belongs to
another department. which will be treat.
ed Of separately.
Psychologists know but little Of, eth.
or the remote OF proximate causes Of de
cay in The teeth. We will content our.
selves with dealing with it as it exists,
without in9uiring how it comes to be so.
simply remarkiug, that it is known to be
hereditary. to large extent, as scrofula
and other family diseases. Its first in
cep,ion is usually marked by dark spots
in some parts of the crowns Of Ibe teeth i,
which continue to cat into their substance
until the Ierve is reached, when it is gen.
orally too late to save them. 1t has been
found that majority oI teeth are sooner
OF later lost. after the tooth ache ,seIs in,
in spite OF the careful attention of tn
most experienced Dentist. We will sim
ply take practical view Of the question,
and indicate the only reliable method,
when timely resorted to. of anticipating
the tooth .ache;snd thus besides avoiding
a great deal OF suffering. make the teeth
permanent and useful. The art is simple,
but cannot be successfully practiced with
out much experience, and by bestowing
large amount of careful and patient 10
Dor on each operation; such are the diff
6culties 10 be overcome. on account o
water in tbs mouth. tender teeth, scusi
tive patients, difficult cavities. &c. Ev
cry par.icle of the teeth which is in The
least diseased must be trimmed away. so
that nothing remains but that which ID
firm and healthy; for tho tooth cannot
live, or the operation Of 6Iling be sue
cessfull. il any crumbling or brittle ed ses
are left to the cavities. In this particu
lar, inexperienced and careless operators
always Tail. and their f.ings fail, and are
even damage. Patients must not be toe
fearful Of having their teeth trimmed
through fear that the splugs uW b.
seem" for it ls often impossible to avoic
it, if, 10 save the tseth is the end sought
Pnoe gold is the only reliable materia
for filings, because it is as enduring a
the healthy tooth Tin is next 10 gold
and is often used in (rail tse,h. or on &C
covnt Of its chcapresS. These metaI
are TO be packed as solidly in the csvite
as force can make them. aud must pres
firmly on the borders, 80 as perfectly t
exclude moisture and all foreign inauen
ces. 70 attain this. skill and practc
arc indispensable All paslss aAd anal
gums are an abominstion to the conscien
lious dentist, and curse 10 the patient
and the proposition to use them is evi
dencs of the dishonesty, or iucompetenc!
or both, of him who proposes to use them
The cavles should be attended 10, as sool
as d soovered For this purpose each pei
son should visi. his dentist from Two /,
four times each year. Ths expense o
filling leehis not 10 be thought Of il
connection with their value. II ma,
cost from five 10 city dollars. or more. t.
save set Of te;th; according IS they al
disposed to decay; but no person can ex
pend the same amount Of money in an
way that will return as much value Al
Dentists, who are worth patronizing
should be responsible for their fIlirgs
and replace them II they diop out, con
tingen'y which will seldom happen to
Ooupstent operator.
None but The dentist knows the gener
al slaughter Of the teeth, caused b
mountebank dentists traversing the coun
: try with box in hand. begging for job
from door to door. and whose filing
scarcely remain in place till they hav
escaped from the neighborhood.
(sUDJEcT To DE CONTINUED
SCOTT Il CRIDER.
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