National Republican., 1878-10-09
MOLAR MYSTERIES.
The Convention OF Dsntists-Some Interest
Ing Renarks About Fiiiing Teeth.


ing Remarks About Fiiiing Teeth.
The annual meeting Of the Dental Associa.
tion of Maryland and the District of Columbia
WIS commenced yesterday morning, at eleven
o'clock, in the parlors of the Imperial Hotel.
PrcSent-B. +. Coy. Of Maryland, president !;
". W. Foster Of Maryland. secretary; J. Cur
tiss SmthC, District Of Columbia =. +. Drew,
Maryland H. u. Noble. J. D. Ten Eyck, W. w.
Evans, District OF Columbia W. II. Atkinson,
New York h b. Winder, J. J. Caldwell. VI.
D., Maryland J. l.. Wolf. Thomas u. Evans
NJ. d.. II. e. Thompson Il. Finley Hunt, Il. T.
DnnaldsOn, District OF Columbia, and T. s.
Warters. Maryland.
The meeting was Opened with prayer by
Rcv.,J. l.. Elliott, L. =. A. Mr. J. Il. Ten
Eyrk Of the District chairman of the cxccu.
tive committee, made the welcoming address
The president, Mr.. B. F. Coy, d livcIcd an
opening address, which was rcple Q with many
new aud valuable suggcstionS. Dr. II. NJ
lu'ry. Of the District. was unanimously
elected to tomcm'rr-hip. Dr. Ten Eycl. chair
Lau NJ the executive committee. reported that
tho hu1r for clinics woGd he ftom so a.. IL.
To- lU3Oa. M: morning session, from 1880 a.
II. 10 one y. M: afternoon session, from two
y. m. 70 four p. N: evening session, from 1870
j.. m, until adjournment The report Wa.
adopted
0r. H. Il. ponalI."n chairman Of the section
having in churE" .U..lra' and operative den.
ti.;ry, .uhmIt"l his report. It stated that
u"ally all dentist. u.c gold Tor filling =, and u
-rent many uvthing els. some usc, b"siic.
gold. plastic filing such us gu''I.p 'rch1
amalgam, md oNy.Chiuridr Df zinc. Neither
one Of thusr hiiiugs. including gold, l. the best
material for filling AL teeth. fHo vuIy one
that nay Prove To he the very best for one
tooth may be the very worst ior another. Den.
fists 10 not. .tnl Cannot save every tooth, All
do however. save great many shells Of teeth
By using some of the plastic Filings where gold
could not he used. Ihon~iids vi ,crth are
now saved by gold Filings that twenty years
ago would have heCu condemned to the inrceUS.
Notwithstanding gold has saved more teeth
than all the other Filings put tug tier, II Is
not the best In every ease. The people them.
selves arc responsible for the great loss Of teeth,
is their preservation rests principally with
thom, and any attempt to saddle the blame IN
the dentists is q great ontrgc. over Omc.hall
Of tho people who have lost their teeth aud
now wear false ones never went inside Of a
dentists office. 4 great many, however arc
the victims Of quacks There have been
great many loose Al i Initiating teeth that
could have been saved. Those becoming loose
from other causes tLam from tartaric deposits
,rc harder to save. He urged the necessity for
keeping the teeth clean. DR.. Coy also sub.
mittrd paper IN ,iX.y"ar muldrs which con.
| tanned valuable Information.
The meeting was then adjourned until two
| +. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
DR.. Atkinson addressed the meeting on the
subject OF operative dentistry. DIR. Hunt fol.
lowed, inADraius DR.. DOnaldson's paper ou
cr,rrtic practice. Drs. Windcr Coy, HJdg gk in,
aud Caldwell a,~p made addrr.>g..
NIGHT sE.SIuS.
Tho meeting was called to oIGer promptly
at hlii.past seven u'clurk by the president.
The cp:nmittrr ~ s"ct.nS reported through
| 'ar chairman, Nr. r. u. Wmirr, Of Baltimore.
| Ihe rupuit recommended q number Of changes
| in the rrl,s -"N,Im.uE t,l. .grtuns. chief
| among which Wa the lIDy!-iuu that each scc-
| tiun should elect It, own chairman. who will
| b" authorized t. ~. ANY ~ mrir- in hiS com.
mittrC that may %. eva tn..l-n death Or re- q :.
| nation, nuL tina. each b .I..t'uctyl t. inform
| the IL. .I!,h,r. Of h. q a min y day, after
the adjournment Of tn ,uu'Lt. mrrt'uE Il tie
work nUtrprd out t"I ...l for the rn,uing
| year. The report wa. o., ,i."l, and the sections
| proceeded TO elect tnp..r..dr,.rm.
| Dr. II. Atkinson. vi New y TX city, Hs chair.
man OF the S,ct'rE uu Hi-'o.u-y an, microscopy
| "ayr a very interesting r"u IT ct their work
dIrin- IL" lI-t ycrr and Illustrated by a
uuIlh.l ul ,,is.I.us. At the conclusion %! hi,
rem ,rk- the h--"ei ,tion ali"Iucd to rea'Scm.
bic At hllt.pd,t ten O'Clock 10 day.
| proc ANNE TuE Today.
To lay there viii b, re- hrroro the as. cia.
| tiou pa! on uu,u,;hri.-- aud aur.th ,ia by
| l'r. H. Z. IHn,Ap,1m, OF his rijy, followed by
original v!,w- 10y Professor I.rw.,u,c IuiH-
hulI Of rI,Ali ip'!in. nud The report Of tnt
> rIiuu uu lb,sHp..s AMI thrI1prulir-. eInA.tG
iu. -vIaI,., aui alcoholism, hy Dr. !. J. Clld
wei, OF Eai!more whith will be- iIlu,rtcC
10y r,'urrn view, by the l"arurl mirru,cuI Iist
Dg. Cp'lrr, If y ,s;o.., ilIu-tIa,,ag the morpAol
"-y Of ,yI.il!,ir blood. The Ilemhrrs Of tn
m,..r4i rmI lrm'n! professions are cordial,
invited 10 attend.
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