Milford chronicle., 1885-10-16
THE TALK OF A DENTIST.
How All Work on the Teeth
Has Been Perfected.
Nearly Ton of Gold Annually Buriei
with Dead People

weary q Ion OF Told Annually Burie.
|" with Dead People
i "a ton of gold goes under Thu
groand. nearly every year." said
: prominent Philadelphia dentist, '.bur.
9 led in the teeth and plates of people
9 who have at one time or another been
9 in the dental chair. The repair and
REIMBURSEMENT of the teeth has got &c
0 be profession Ofthe highest skin and
proficiency. High standing in the
profession is repaid with richest re-
wards. The establishment of the uni
versity department of dentistry has
given a great impetus to the study.
Scores of able and expert young men
matriculate annually. They come
from all parts Of the world-South
America, Cuba, Mexico, the continent,
and Japan. This city is foremost in
dental operations and dental surgery.
Some of the work turned out here is
wonderfully perfect. Many men and
women prefer false teeth to the natu.
raj ones, if the latter are the least bit
defective, and few people have per-
feet set of teeth.
Instruments" Why, yes, the in
strumentation of a frst-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, filed with delicate
steel probes, chisels, borers, and for
ceps. The manufacture of these is a
great trade in itself. There is the den
tai engine, one of the greatest inven-
tons in the profession, indispensable
now, with its flexible screw. The cleo
trio mallet, another modern invention
unknown to the old-fashioned tooth
carpenters, is used by nearly all den
lists and requiring a battery to run It.
The rubber dam or appliance placed
over the tooth and mouth of a patient
to prevent moisture and saliva reach
ing the part operated on is the great
est Of the modern discoveries. Any
one who has been in the dentists chair
under the old plan, which necessitat-
ted packing the mouth of the patient
with napkins, and since under the rub
Der dam, can see what infinite 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 in
cludes a whole family and the care of
the teeth Of each from infancy until ]
and beyond. American
dentists have the highest repute
abroad-Dr Evans, for instance,
whose patients in Paris and elsewhere
we're expresses, kings, queens, and
princes of the blood.
Gold is the best material yet found t
or filing teeth. Silver and compost t
ion Of various kinds, being cheaper, .
ire used, but the royal metal is the
My one which ought to be used. The
manufacture of gold foil or leaf for
ur business is immense, and hundred +
+ thousands of dollars worth are con- "
umed every year. a
"The teeth should be looked to often Il
y a good dentist. Individual care h
arly in life saves much dental work "
nd expense. 1t used to be the idea Il
nat the deciduOus teeth. as they were Il
'mporary affairs, needed no attention. 81
hey should be treated with greater pl
itentiOn than the second set. They n
re not filled now as much as formerly, W
ut extracted when carries attacks 60
lem. The biblical expression, skin
the teeth is true. There is deli 90
tie enamel, resembling epidermis in pr
5 microscopic delicacy, and covers the a
eth with beautiful mosaic, which u ~
susceptible of perfect polish, which of
u may see glistening on the teeth of tn
me young people and Africans. Ac- Go
) go for this and once broken in up ~
carries ensues. Good and bad teeth
e hereditary, but early care and pro- sir
;sional skill will do much with even "e
BAD natural set of teeth. A Phila- ma
lphia father know-client of mine nv NV
has in each of his children's rooms
er the lavatOry the following motto:
y your prayers; wash your face; are
NIB your hair; brush your teeth 1t Una Una
a good one" -PhtIadeIDhia Times. Wv
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