The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-24
The Dental Art.

No branch of art or science can show
more marked progress or Improvement
during the last half century than IL visi-
BILE in the art or science OF artificial den,
lures. 1t is within fifty years that den
tistry has become separate and distinct
profession, and at the commencement OF
the last quarter OF a century there we're
only about four hundred persons in this
country who practiced it as such. Now
there are over fourteen thousand in the
United States who write themselves
as Sturgeon Dentists" There are Colleges
In New York, Boston, st. Louis, Balti-
more, Cincinnati, and other cities devoted
to its teaching: it has q well-supported
and ably-edited literature of its own, COM
prising monthly. weekly and quarterly
publications, and embraces within the list
of its practitioners some of the greatest
scientists and medical jurists Of the age.
Specimens of American dental work
have taken the highest honors or several
OF the European Exhibitions at Worlds
Fairs, and the names of Evans, Hume,
Harris and Allen are equally we'll known
In both hemispheres. rrL
No city in the Union has among Its resi-
dent dentists more of the names of those
who have helped to place the profession in
the high rank it now occupies than Cincin-
natl. Among those who now are or have
been residents of the city, and who by their
knowledge and skill have acquired more
than local reputation. we may mention the
names of Hunter, Allen, Wardle, Taft,
Smith, Woodward, Taylor, Major, Wheeler,
and others. One of the greatest discover
les of the last fifty years in the relation
which it bears to humanity. was the dis
covery of nitrous oxide gas and its prop
critics and powers as an anasthetic
agent, especially in its applica-
tion during the operation of tooth
extracting. Learning that the
Cincinnati Dental Company whose rooms
are at ia West Sixth street. were introduc-
ing some feature not generally adapted by
our dentists, we paid visit to the estab-
lishment a few days since and found In
Major, two gentlemen well known to the
been practitioner here for eighteen years,
and the latter from his connection with the
Office of DR.. Donough for the last seven
years. In fitting up their rooms
they have spared no pains to make
them frst-class in every respect; es.
pecially is this so in the mechanical
department and in the laboratory. As it ia
well known, the only real danger that can
arise from the use OF gas is when it is in
the hands of all unskiiled operator, or when
the gas is not strictly pure; therefore, they
will manufacture all the gas they use un-
der their direct supervision and only from
the purest chemicals that can be procured.
In all cases the application of the gas will
be performed by either DR.. Woodward or
DR.. Major, whose large experience il 9
guarantee OF safety and efficiency. As
practitioners, these gentlemen have high
reputation in their profession. With them
supplying a set of teeth is not mere
mechanical operation but an art. The
contour OF the features, the complexion
even the stature OF the patient is taken int
consideration in determining the sty lie, siz'
and shape OF the teeth to be furnished, be
lieving that the highest achievement Of ar
is to conceal art. They execute all varie
ties of dental work, from the moderat
price rubber to the more expensive gold o
the beautiful continuous gum work. Spec
linens of the work which they exhibi
would be hard to equal Believing that M
artificial dentures can compensate for tn
loss of the natural, they make it specia
feature to preserve those as long as the com
fort without prejudice to the health of tn,
patient will permit. To those patients tt
whom the inhalation Of gas would be det
rim entail they make the newly discovered
application of electricity. No gentlemen
in the profession are more respected an(
esteemed than Drs. Woodward and Major
and few enjoy larger practice among ou
hest famjlieS