The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-16
STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATION,

STATE DENTAL ASSOCIATIONS.
SECOND DA9 PROCEEDINGS.
Inc virginia State Dental Association re-
.um umea lIs sess' .en yesterday nforniDg-Pre-
iuehs a1t.s ". -, W. II. Thackston In the chair.
81 p DEaTAL 'A PATHOLOGY AND suRaaRY.
Dr. jam ss johnson, Of .Stauuton, from the
commune g on Dental Pathology, was called
apon Ter report. He said that be had re.
.eiyed DO. notification Of his appointment,
report. '.S''l5s'' =
He thought that the pathological condition
u ne teeth WIS very important subject,
anr that there was not sufficient attention
pr I'd, to. II. It was matter too closely
.iiisd With the pathological condition OF the
system generally. The subject had not been
studied enough In connection with general
pathology. he merely threw ont these re-
markssn the hope that others would have
something to say about Il.
Professor Hodgkin said that the subject
had not been studied to any great extent,
but that there WIS one very interesting
L
iarity IN the development of the teeth-that
had occupied his attention to some extent,
and one upoa which he had recently read
very interesting aud learned article.
Dr.. Hunt, Of Washington, also addressed
the Association npon the pathological con.
iiitfon OF The teeth III connection with the
general pathological condition Of the system,
upon the generRl habits of living, and then
he entered into the details of the question 10
its broadest limits. He said that sugar and
candy, properly used, would not iDjure the
teeth, but that sugar, when 1t comes into
contact WITH oxygen, forms an acid, and that
Injuries the teeth. So with the stomach. The
sugar, by pfocess Of fermentation, produces
acid, and cohiDg in contact with the mucus
membrane aof the stomach impairs its
strength andinjures It.
DR.. Hunt aso read paper, addressed to
the surgeorsef the army and navy, setting
forth the deterioration of the teeth Of the
whole people In this country In past years,
and asking inarmation and statistics of the
teeth of all nations in connection with their
ToodstUffs and general habits of living, in
order to ascertain, if possible, the remedy, &c.
He stated that the surgeons had cheerfully
promised to carfg out the request, and had
transmitted to Tie assistant surgeons in the
army tabular blaaks in order that they may
be flied. at West Point, DR.. Hunt said,
there is now resident dentist who Is Off.
cially recognized as dental surgeon, and
performs all the operations in dentistry there.
At Annapolis therelis dentist, who ranks as
assistant surgeon, and is officially recognized
as such. .nI !,
Dr. Burton, Of Richmond, agreed With
nv- in, ho nfd nj
He cited the case Of retired merchant of
London who had become so fat and large
that he had to come down stairs backwards.
He became an, objecte ridicule. His ply
sicians changed bis diet in many important
respects, and after awhile he was reduced to
his usual weight-ons hundred and sixty,
pounds. DR.. Burton. Had intended to pre-
pare paper on this sfltject, but had not
been able up to this time to do so. -,
DR.. Harris said that he believed the great
cause of decay in teeth was the lack of lime
and phosphate in the system. He believed
that in the case of the negro the decay was
owing 10 the change in his mode OF living.
DR.. Sydnor thought il had been clearly
shown that decay in teeth is not produced
from chemical causes.
DR.. Thompson said be was glad that DR..
Harris had made the suggestion he did. The
corn-neld negro certainly had better teeth
than the city negro. Before the war he ex-
tracted only one tooth where now be ex.
tracts ten. He believed it, was owing to
change in life.
DR.. Michard said he thought that there
was even o difference between the mulatto
and the negro. ...s
DR., Henkel, of Staunton, said that he be-
lieved that the climate had good deal to do
with the teeth. He thought 1t a necessity to
get at the bottom of the matter. He was
frequently asked the cause, and it was IN
many cases impossible for him 10 say.
DR.. Burton suggested that it would be
matter Of interest TO procure statistics. &C.,
as to the effect of lime-water, used in the
mouatans, upon the tissues Of the teeth.
DR.. Thackston thanked those who bad ad-
dressed the Convention on the subject Of
pathology. He then gave a scientific ac-
count Of the case Of q young man, who had
called upon him last summer, suffering from
necrosis of the left lateral incisor, and the
success he had met with in the treatment of
the case.
Professor Rodgkln said that there were
MANY causes for decay in teeth, and that as
general rule he had found that the children
of feeble parents had inferior teeth. He
cited several cases that had come under his
observation, showing the various causes
for decay, and other cases where there was
no decay, although the same causes in other
persons had produced decay.
= DR.. Hunt also addressed the Association
upon the subject of dental pathology,
surgery, and replantation during which he
gave an interesting account Of the teeth of
Indians and others which be had recently
examined in skulls exhibited In one OF the
departments at Washington, ,
DR.. Thompson spoke of the beautiful teeth
of the Scotch. They live on oatmeal chiefly,
the ingredients of which tend to preserve the
teeth. <,l4 .eq.. J. 5.rs - o. CO.
Or. Hodgkin did not believe that under
ordinary circumstanc ces bad teeth In mothers
could be attributed to having childreD. 7
DR.. Henkel believed that to have good.
teeth the system must be supplied with the
natural food found in the locality in which
the individual lives. aS9r iiss !.
The discussion was also further engaged
in by Drs. Thackston, Burton, Moore, and
others. -. ,4W-.iaf1
CONGRATULATIONS a. !! Il
& The President read a telegram from DR..
George IL. Perrine, of the American and
New York Academy of Dentistry, extending
their best wishes and congratulations to the
Virginia State Dental Association. t;ttI "a
4 The Chair was directed to reply appropri-
ately. +i.Lett5. i.1.t.'s.
: on motion the Convention recessed until
4P. M. AsS-a.H
an AFTERNOON SESSION. ( 80: ~
The Association met again at AZ 2. NJ.
DENTAL THERAPEUTICS. -
DR.. S. b. HenkeI, from the Committee on