The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-17

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4 Yfs Tirginis Dental Association met, pur.
snan0 20 a9Journment yesterday morning as
half:yaa 10 O'Clock = President Thackstcn Ii
asaSsgIAa Y srsrH coRsscYsD. 30
4 Before the Association was called Id order
tlDr.Js HAlR. Moore, OF n Kchmoui. extibited
ria case OF corrected .trYsaalarity, which 1yras
! flnspecteds with interest BY the.menbers OF
II the Association. "a pIoster cast OF aha teeth
Before the appliances were adjusted wes
shown, anf aase She teeth the patien. after
ney we're assaighfened.s TIE case possessed
/ Geat interest from the. difficulties arising
4 from their rsctlliar, rticalatson the, ,lowes
tssth bstBg intrieateiy m5Sed mp with The
tu IEer An fnpostant feature OF the ease
" % that,Eo Regulating plsts had been used,
| Ilfg ;tures end jssk.screws beiug.the only ap-
| PHI gacea. Ihe casts showed great 3iBpr0ye-
me. utin the position Of the teeth aud in. The
| app szrance Of the mouth Of the patient, s.
MrHAsacAL ;pENrBsaN ..,sa -s
Dr-S6ribner. frsm the Committee ON He
chanie9s Dentissry, was expected TO present
la reIcy1, bat he was not Id attendance.
D7. HkompscB eaid that the great s,ibes.
that is gsB occupyiBg the attention OF sur.
igeon-deatists 10 cogaectionY with mechanical
dentlstrR Is the use of celluloid. He bad
used It with great success. lie wis satisfied
thst it issn article NEXT TO gold HIS expes
rieilce haabeea q moE happy one. baE "IlT
DR.. Hep4el had worried several grades of
Icellnloid, aadcha not been .yerY tsuecessfa
at first. He was working eelluIoI I'D, however,,
instead or rubber, and K the celldoid plates
continue teswofk as weM as they have done
recently he would do away with rubber ens
tire!y. He thought thatthe time was coming
when celuloM would supplant rubber He
had laid 10 agood: supply. Of cellRl0M Just
before the factory explodedy which weuid
last until the MiddH Of tMDuary. The diff.
Guilty with hiIziwas that he could not afford
10 experiment in ceilul0af.- The last plates
that he received were OF "a superior quality
TO those in use ID nItbe early. part OF the year.
They are stronger than rubber. s ~
DR.. Harris had had adsomefxperiensS'fn
use of celluloid. In Baltimore. last pear ha
had made some examinations into the subs,
tject, aDd 'boughsrthe apparatus for nakiDg
fcelluloid plates by steam process. He had
made a. plate oftcellaloid for aalaay which
did not give satisfaction. H8hope .eeiiuloi6I
would, supersede rubber because in many
respects It Is better, Az. yet, however be
had not been sueeessfnf ID using it. IS a
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best plate that can be made he woul& make
| the old-fashioned, pure gold plase with the
rubber coDnecti0ns:7 tghi Gs!1te ira IiG n
Dr.. Thompson spaks sgain very highly Of
celluloid, and gave an,ipteresting. account OF
case that he had treated very successfully
with it. I tic 1iis 80 .sa.c$s..A ri fi'a39ll
DR.. Keesee said that his experience i,1stis
fed him In the use Of ceiluloid. He bad not
yet met with failure Ia its use. >. If there bad
| been q failure, it bad not come back to bin.
DR.. johnson, OF StauntoU, said that the
first piece OF work in -celluloid that he did
| was about four years ago.. He saw the case
few days ago, and it was then almost per.
| feet he thought the case a,pretty good test
as to time. All other pieces he bad put
| In had been successful. He would give cell
luloid the preference: oyOe any plastic nate.
| rial he had ever used. a8,.E13 - I t..s%
DR.. 1Thsckston (Drs. Moore, being In the
chair) said that be had'DeEer made hobby
Of auy mode of practice or material. de
made It al point 10 give.ag the methods fair
treatment. He believed that the gold plates
were. the very best that could possibly be
used. He knew the dffienlties in working
rubber difficulties far. greater than those
that attach to celiulDid., So
| The speaker then cited some Of the diff.
culties attending the use of rubber, aud said
that in many instances its'not only caused
Irritation but disease. .GAbeut four years ago,
when this new material was first brought
| into use, he tested ceuI0id with all the dis,
advantages of ignorance as: to Its Qualities
The first set of gum teeth that he mounted
in celluloid had given satisfaction. They
were now in use, and were giving satisfac-
ltion to the patient. He. would say that the
Quality of cclluloid hadi greatly improved,
and considering the length Of time that 1t has
been in use 1t has given fap greater satisiac'
ton than rubberiu the.satne length OF time.
| At present he thought it was great acqul-
/ sition to the resources Of the profession. vi
course he would place gold and gum Work
among the first, but he would not exchange
celIuod for all the other material now In
use, and be did not thpE be would ever
employ rubber again for meDding teeth. he
had utterly and entirely discarded it. lAp-
plause.l He had adVisetah of bis friends In the
profession that If they would use celfuloid
thew would meet with. greater success, and
with it much greater satisfaction, than they
had ever done with rubber. Ifyou will put
rubber under the same amount Of pressure
that YOU will ceIluloid you will find that the
rubber will break aud fly into thousand
pieces. Celluioid is far stronger In every
way.
DIR, Harris ipqpined Of DR.. Th hacksten
whether be did BOZ think the quality Of rub
ber had greatly improved since ne had given
up its use?:
DR.. Thackston SAID he did not know any.
thipe.about tba.improvcn,entsi in the qGality
| of the rubber since he had given up .tsuse.
He was not prejudised against rubbers but
he never WOULD use 1t again, Wb ,eihen IL be
| wbalebouerrubpss>i boW-spriDg rubber, or
| any, other sort; ;of nDbber. lLau ghteYsJTja
| DR.. Harris.hadr assiced that onefoahis pa
items, mouth, had been q. littee red, but be
had seen no disease in the useutbsl BE was
| no rnbber.map~ mor was be \ cellua0id.maB
tfer he'd like to see Josiah 81 icon's esfabiish'
ssnent blown az. high as the cellnSid factory
Twas some time ago.. 81 *si.f I. :. e,'ll., 49,.
i DIR. Cowardal had seen eases cfinfarnma'
ltion and, naasea caused by use OF rubber
1 mates, He. then used IN one ease o silyel
1plate and bis. patient ha5. no trouble with u
lSincs then. he had made a gold plate for thi
lpatient, .auA he now say 8 he would not tak'
s5,a00, for it. he did believe that, ruboe
i plates woaId cause Inflammation 5Eiaste
Dr., Harris took b ick what he had san
4 about not having seed q ease Of Inflammation
\ from the use of m, hber. he remembered
THAT on oee occasion be had been called upol
sto,e examine plate oferubber ina the nout!
Eof a laay from Per .nsy ylVania but she hadn>
Itaken out that pas1e 1efar six m0Dths.a Laugh
;Eter.f De adgisa54 her 10 take IT out, iWnici
she did. and be ,fonpb irritation aud eofrl
:, ton. 5r14ft 5g I, :.,s-s:. -, - -,
!; DIR. Henkea again endorsed theuse 'ot col
lIuloid, aud alluded 20 cases OF, 10
, caused By thfs useLaf abber plaless ), e
Or. Perrog didn't think sSthat cailutoA
seould take The plase oil rubber az this time
!! certainly not after his experience WITH Tao
fiber and from what be had heard sn the .dis
cnssion about aeAnloid plates lRrniRg biael