The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-11-13
THE TALK OF DENTIST.
How Work on the Teeth has been Perfected
Advance of Science.

"A ton of gold goes under ground
nearly every year." said a prominent
Philadelphia dentist. '.buried in the
teeth and plates of people who have at
II time or another been in the dental
chair. The repair and REIMBURSEMENT
OF the teeth has got to be a profession
OF the highest skill and proficiency.
High standing in the profession is re-
paid with the richest rewards. The
establishment of the university depart
ment of dentistry has given q great i'm
petus to the study. Scores OF able and
expert young men matriculate annual
ly. They come from all parts of the
world South America, Cuba, Mexico.
the continent, and Japan. This city is
foremost in dental operations and dem
tai surgery. Some of the work turned
out here is wonderfully perfect. Many
men and women prefer false teeth to
the natural ones, if the latter are the
least bit defective, and few people have
a perfect set of teeth.
Instruments? Why. yes, the instru-
mcntation of a iirst-class dentist is
comprised in several large cases, like
that" pointing to a series of handsome
rosewood cases, and pulling out draw
er after drawer, filled with delicat.
steel probes, chiscls. bores, and forceps.
The manufacture of these is a great
trade in itself. There is the dental en-
CINE, u of the greatest inventions in
the profession, indispensable now, with
its flexible screw. The electric mallet,
another modern invention unknown to
the old-fashionef contemporaries, is
used by nearly all dentists aud requir-
ing q battery to run it. The rubber
dam or appliance placed over the tooth
and mouth of a patient to prevent mois-
ture and saliva reaching the part ope-
rated on is the greatest of the modern
discoveries. Anyone who has been in
a dentists chair under the old plan,
which necessitated packing the mouth
of the patient with napkins and since
under the rubber dam, can see what in
finite torture this scientific adaptation
has relieved him from.
"Twenty-thousand dollars a year.
Yes, there are dental surgeons in this
city who make that much by their pro-
fession. A clientage very often includes
a whole family and the care of the teeth
of each from infancy until adolescen,
and beyond. American dentists have
the highest repute abroad-Dr. Evans.
for instance, whose patients in Paris
and elsewhere were expresses, kings,
queens, and princes of the blood.
Gold is the best material yet found
for filling teeth. Silver and compost
tions of various kinds, being cheaper,
are used, but the royal metal is the on
ly one which ought to be used. The
manufacture of gold foil or leaf for our
business is immense, and hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth are con-
sumed every year.
1.-The teeth should be looked to often
by a good dentist. Individual care
early in life saves much dental wo.k
and expense. 1t used to be the idea
that the deciduous teeth, as they were
temporary affairs, needed no attention.
They should be treated with great,
attention than the second set. They
are not filled now as much as formerly,
but extracted when carries attacks
them. The biblical expression, skin
the teeth,' is true. There is a delica..
enamel, resembling epidermis in its
microscopic delicacy, and covers the
teeth with a beautiful mosaic. which is
susceptible of a perfect polish, which
you may SEQ glistening on the teeth of
some young people and Africans. Acids
60 for this aud once broken in upon
carries ensues. Good and bad teeth are
hereditary, but early care and profess
sional skill will do much with even a
bad natural set of teeth. A Philadel-
phia father | know-clicnt of mine
has in each OF his children's rooms
Owe tho lavatory tho following motto:
Say your prayers; wash your face;
comb your hair; brush your teeth 1t
is u good ne."-ihaatetphia Times.