The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-01

effIg way, anu peHeYtu DF. .ATlilul cliisels
were letter, and his late method the best.
He could not sec the necessity of using file
in that method
DIR. Bond had seen teeth filed in the saw
shape by men in his State who called them
selves tirst-cass operators: and lie Thought it
outrageous.
DIR. Ford said that he thought Dr.. Bond
WAS u little skeptical: only, however, on ac-
count of the different patients he had treated.
This skepticism would be removed when
the teeth were examined after operation.
He thought it was applicable in all cases.
DIR. Moore said he was not altogether salts
| fed about his consumptive teeth y; that it
was wrong to separate such teeth He be-
| lieved the teeth would certainly move after
| wards. and therefore the rule would not
apply III all cases. II teeth are Of such II na-
ture tllat tape charged with any material fof
cleansing them iln be used; it is well, but
very difficult TO get the patient 10 use This
cleansing method. He had never attempted
| to separate the teeth Of chidreD-that is: by
filing. While the root is in process of making
| the pulp has as much rs it cln dot fill out
| the tooth and he thought the calcifcation
| was carried on from some other part Of the
| body.
DR.. Clark remarked that the last speaker
| was laboring under mistake. He must be
assured that decay is going on before the
| separation is attempted for il not. it would
| lc like giving medicine to q well man. The
object, he contendcd, was not to remove the
sound substance unless there was decay.
DR.. Thackston referred DR.. Moore to the
fict that in childhood, in youth, and in ad-
vancing years, the strength of nature was
greater than with adults, and that with Il
chid's tooth there was less Qualification to be
| accomplished, and the surface of Il clilld's
| tooth will repair far more readily than with
| the tooth OF IN adult. Even our muscles
and bones ut that period are undergoing n
change. and are much more easily reknit.
| And so it is with tho teeth of Il child.
Or. Moore wanted facts on this theory.
| He wanted TO- know what was going on at
the root while the surface was being calci-
fled. and from what source the lime would
he obtained TO effect tue calcifcaton, it being
required TO. complete the root:
In reply, DR.. Arthur said the supply OF
| lime contained in the blood is always in en-
cess, and when there is an increased demand
for lime it is applied by nature to that
point where it is most needed. He deemed
it most advisable to make tho separation at
an early period in life.
DR.. Ford to DR.. Clark: What are the signs
of decay?
DR.. Clark: Discoloration is not the only
sign of decay. The blue tingc and the white
tinge are also signs. The latter is, in ny
| opinion, the worst.
DR.. Tlackston: Were you TO lavea patient
| of lymphatir temperament, aged tcn eleven
or twelve Years, with carries presenting or
the proNimute surfaces Of the inferior in
Il ,r
these inferior incisors expect certainly tC
find decay upon the rroNiInatc surfaces o
the molar and hicuspid techt
AusWet-~l CcNtainr sllUull.
DR.. Arthur said that in this system o
practice. it, highest features are to be mp
Piled. and if the decay touches the en-
amel aud goes through. it is very difficult
TO arrest it. and YOU are frequently obliged
to make the separation wider than you would
under other circumstances. In some in
| stances it is most difficult TO defect the decay
The failures that have occurred In his hand,
haTc bcch When the carries lmll gone 5,
far that it had to be removed after tIn Srrtl
ration lIa,l, btrn marie: u he sees Il patient n
il ccltai!l temperament whose teeth will de-
clyat every point where they touch, why slla!
not the remedy Lc applied and thu tectl
separated? Hence the reason and tie in
uoriancc cl general view Of this matter unC
applicuion OF the method ut m early rcrlot
in life.
DR.. Clarke: If YOU find the decay in on,
member Of the family. do you not look loj
the same in others!
DIR. Arthur. Not ALWAYS. I had a case re-
Gently where u Girls teeth had every ap
no,r1ncn of hcoith. s,w no anpeo,-,ure o
ao1.,,, and Louno 7 ,,,do M ,on,ration Tb,
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lonrod -, ,lItho ns,,al nnint, Of cn1,t,,.t
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,;r,n could mnt ha f,r distant When t,,;s nI,,
4 Of Dr.. Ar'hl!rS : VII br atiOnitl StECrallN Dg
The progressive men OF tnc PROFESSION.
DR.. Clark Dlo understand you 10 81!
that den'lnc has more power 10 resist uccaI
than cnam"i!
DR.. thompson: >cS, s!i.
nr. Clark: Nature Is tic pest criterion
we ,EN". "hal aiu h!'o.G ln''c ih't cn
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