The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-09-24

oeoNeTo o. DENTISTRY.
Nearly Bsss uua1rsd PR Csnt. Frost
Realised % ct - rslse Teeth.
Il has bcea carefully estimated that
IN individual In the higher walk Of
life, when he or she reaches the age Of
seventy. will have pa,d no less than
600 for the preservation OF their nat
ural teeth and the requirement Of arti-
6cial ones This fact should encourage
young men IN the study Of dentistry.
One afternoon last week. ! met >
friend, dentist who, being in ; conf
Dental mood. consented 70 talk Of the
profession Of which be y : shining
ornament He said:
''Dentistry u not what Il u cracked
up 20 be. and. although II pays big
profits. many bills for work done are
not colIectab1e. For this reason honest
men and women are compelled to suf-
fcs fu the transgrcssion Of dead beats
have friend who recently sold Get
q teeth for oo6 which cost him ex-
actly $3.50 By . set Of teeth
I mean upper and lower sets.
The teeth mentioned above were sci On
Aluminium. Teeth set on rubber cost
the patient go and the dentist 30.
The prices given arc average ones
Some dentists who serve the best peo-
pie ask even higher rates. All dentists
claim to do their mechanical work on
their premises This Is not 90. Less
than one-half OF the dentists in Brook
lyn do their own work or employ me-
chanical men by the week "A larger
part of the work claimed to 10 done BY
local dentists is performed by half .
dozen mechanical dentists who make
specially Of that branch Of the bust
uess."
s.What are mechanical dentists paid
for their services?" asked.
Eight dollars per set. which in
cludes upper and lower. The dentist
20 contracting for the work Is obliged
20 furnish the teeth. which usually cost
from "a TO 81 per double set. Plain
I, teeth are worth ten cents and gum
teeth fifteen cents each. The
\ best teeth are made In Philadel-
| phia Dentists try to convince their
patients that teeth are very expensive,
| and that to make an upper and lower
| set takes two or three days. This IS
all humbug A mechanical dentist
! who IS good workman can make
I three sets in twenty-four hours. You
can see BY the foregoing figures that
patients pay good round prices for .
mans name or reputation. Dentists
who employ mechanical men make .
plaster paris cast Of their patients jaw
SO as to get the articulation, or fitting
of the teeth. correct These casts cost
about five cents each. and when made
are sent 70 the dental laboratories
where the remainder of the work IL
DONE
do women make success Of dem
tistrys"
mot always The feminine mind i
sometimes unable to grasp its intrica-
cies. Many women dentists practice
their profession In New York. They
are usually discouraged in their -
tempts to study dentistry. IS close as.
sociation with male students has Otter
unpleasant results. The only plar
which think would work satisfactorily
would be 10 separate the sexes in den
tai colleges. This plan has shown
good results in medical schools. Nor
women dentists practice their profcs
sion in Europe than in America"
How are $l2 set teeth, mad
while you wait, manufacturedg'
s'In almost the same manner thu
$50 sets are made. A mechanical den
fist would charge the same price ($S
for making $12 set Of teeth Is h
would for q higher priced set. Den
fists, however. who make teeth at tn
rate named always do their own work
In cheap upper and lower sets Of teetl
the testh cost =. while in the highe
priced sets the teeth are worth but :
more. In cheap sets the only add
tional expense i for rubber and plas
ter. The latter is worth, possibly, fiv
cents and the rubber twenty-five. tn
materials used in dentistry cost but III
tie. 1t is the work and skill for whic
the patient is obliged to pay 70
will excuse me-" said nv informant
looking ut his watch, s'as | have a
engagement at my Office at this hour.
A laboratory can bcGtted up with al
the necessary tools ioe the practice {
dentistry at cost Of from $500 TO elO(
-Brooklyn Eagle.