The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-01-21
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a DENTISTS TALK.
How Work on the Teeth Has Been Per


How Work the Teeth Has Been Per
fected.
ga ton of gold goes under ground
nearly every year" said prominent
Philadelphia dentist. ''buried IN the
teeth and plates of people who have at
one time or another been in the dental
chair. The repair and REIMBURSEMENT
of the teeth has got to be 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 great
impetus to the study. Scores OF able
and expert young men matriculate an
nuallv. They-cOme from all parts OF
the world-South America, Cuba,
Mexico. the Continent and Japan.
This CITY is foremost in dental opera
tions and dental surgery. Some OF the
work turned out here is wonderfully
perfect. Many men and women prefer
false teeth to the natural ones, II the
latter are the least bit defective, and
few people have perfect set OF teeth.
Instruments? Why, yes, the lnstru-
mentation of a first-class dentist IS
comprised in several large cases, ike
that, pointing to series OF handsome
rosewood cases. and pulling out drawer
after drawer, filed with delicate steel
probes, chisels, borers and forceps.
The manufacture of these is great
trade in itself. There is the dental en-
CINE, one of the greatest inventions IN
the profession, Indispensable now, with
its flexible screw. The electric mallet,
another modern invention unknown to
the old-fashioned contemporaries, is
used by nearly all dentists and requlr-
ing battery to run it. The rubber
dam or appliance placed over the tooth
and mouth of a patient to prevent
moisture and saliva reaching the part
operated on is the greatest OF the mod
ern discoveries. Any one 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 infinite torture this scientific
admiration has relieved him from.
Twenty thousand dollars 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
adolescence and beyond. American
dentists have the highest reputation
abroad-Dr. Evans, for instance, whose
patients in Paris and elsewhere We're
Expresses, Kings, Queens and Princes
of the blood.
s'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
only 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- good dentist. Individual care
early in life saves much dental work
and expense. 1t used to be the idea that
the deciduous teeth, as they were tenn
porary affairs. needed no attention.
They should be treated with greater at
tention than the second set. They are
not filed now as much as formerly,
but extracted when carries attack them.
The Biblical expression, ''skin of the
teeth" is true There is delicate
enamel, resembling epidermis IN Its
microscopic delcacy, and covers the
teeth with a beautiful mosaic, which Is
sasceptible of a perfect polish, which
YOU NAV see glistening on the teeth Of
some young people and Africans.
Acids 90 for this, and when once brok-
en- in upon carries ensue. GOOD and
bad teeth are hereditary, but early care
and professional skill will do much with
even bad natural set of teeth. A
Philadelphia father I know-client o.
mine-has in each of his children
rooms over the lavatory the following
motto: Say your prayers; wash your
face; comb your hair; brush youl
teeth. 1t is good one. '-Ph'tadeLph''
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