Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-03-27


tempt made TO prevent prominenee was on
using small teeth, the eanines Ia place ol
the laturals, bieuspids Ia place " canlnesr
and 90 on The result II with the mouIlI
slightly open tho bicuspids are plalHly On
posed 10 yIew, Very likely tho first mo-
lars may be- seen, Next We SOC . person
with FEATURES quite tic reverse, also viii
40 artificial set Of teeth, probably ~ tle
same sile, which does npt give pr0ml-
hence enough 10 the features 10 prevent
tho lips from wrlnklng,
II isG noticeable fact that lhe eNtIae'
ton OfOne tooth creates q delormlly, Nnd
as u consequence the loss 0f all the teeth
causes q IN greater delpFmily, Were II
only the loss Of The crowns OF The teeth
perfect restoration Of The facial expression
would bo comparatively easy, and buf very
little artistic lastG would he required, llul
II Is tho roots Of tho teeth which the OK
traction Of IL the cause Of tho breaking
down Of the framework which supports
all the surrounding tissues, hore II due
TO tho loss OF tho canincs thar any Ike
number, Says Kiugalcy in regard 10
thisI "Thg extraction Of the canine
teeth, with their long roots, destroys lhe
eXprearlOn Of tho face more than any OILS
OF teeth, The roots OF these teeth sup
port tho wings Of The nose, aud when on
tracted, allow that feature to DO Disagree
ably drawn down together with the ior'
nation Of u deep wrinkle Immediately
(bChlndD % II, The wax model viii le'
qurc In many cases 10 bo well carried NJ
al tbs point, o. ibis feature viii not DO
restored"
IN passing, We will mention q few OF
the muscles OF expression which are III
yOycdi The orblcularls orl1, lcyator
labi superlorls ulaquc nasl loNator
hbl superIorii, ygomallou, major, anu
minor, rlsorlus, lcyOtor augull ofl', de-
pressor angulI orIs, Very naturally AFTER
this extraction absorption takes Place,
the tissues settling down In place of the
parts wasted away, sometimes TO the en-
tent which presents u double lp' We
think It best In taking an Impression 10
use some material which will push back
these tissues Into their natural position aS
much as possible, Not being very wen
pleased with the results OF plaster where
an entire dcnturc is required, either upper
or under was Induced by friend
who was n member of this SocIcty-thc
late DR., Newton, 10 use n preparation oil
wax which he had used successfully for
wears. | was 80 much pleased with II
that | adopted it, use. Soon after us
adoption | was informed by Il gentleman
that very fine impression was obtained
by sprucc.gumi that II vas used for tar
Ing Impressions orbadIy worn coins where
duplicate was desired. This Of course
would not be practical for our use as the
gum would have to be ChcwCd, but upon
cypcrlmentng have produced sub
stance which has all the qualities Of the
gum for taking Impressions, which can be
sollcncd by warm water. will here say
tina. will gladly inform any one what the
ingredimentS are, on application"
would explain It here would IL not take
too much space. This mntcral, however,
| use only as have said before, when m
entire upper OF lower dcntureis required. l
use for my parial impressions clearpIaster
for il is not possible TO get perfect I'M
preston with any mixture Of wax, unless
made brittle enough in the mouth to break
to pieces in taking out. In cases where
the teeth have large and long crowns ana
small roots thus giving them the key
stone shape. This way of practising Is
ante the reverse of the usual CUSTOM
The next step and very important one,
which is commonly called taking the bite ,
and as practised great many times, (bile
Is all there is to it,. This we may well
class with sculpture, or even more i'm
portance in that limited locality. Dr.
Kingsley says in regard to this: "ProS-
thetic Dentistry, as an art, is a depart
of sculpture, form in individual members,
form in grouping and arrangement, and
form as medium Of expression, arc
equally the distinguishing characteristics
of both Sculpture and Dentistry" About
two wears ago | had the pleasure of meet
ing at an evening reception celebrated
sculptor of Florence, Italy, and being told
that | was dentist he wished to become
better acquainted. lie said that he was
DESTROYS OF knowing something of the
process of making an artificial set of
teeth. | Informed him if he would call at
my office the next day, would gladly cX-
plain it to him. The next day he called
at the appointed hour. He said his rca-
sons for making this request was that he
had met persons who were wearing arti-
uclal leclll, WHOSE lealuIcS were aCIuully
deformed, to use his expression 'that it
made them look horrid," and that he did
not see why Dentists did not make this
part of the practice more Of Il study. This
gentleman not knowing even the first step
in the process Of constructing an artific-
al denturc, yet his aesthetic culture
taught him that something was wrong
about those he had seen. lie described
to me how q statue was formed. The ar
lists time and study is spent on the mod
ell which is made Of clay. They carry out
every detail in their model, exact form
and feature they wish produced in the
marble. Mechanically speaking, this
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