Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-10-07
SECRETS OF DENTISTRY.
Nearly -Four Hundred Per Cent. Profit
Realized ON u Set of False Teeth.

Nearly -Four Hundred Fer Cent. ProA
Realized ON !, Set of False Teeth.
It has been carefully estimated tina
an individual in the higher walk o
life, when he o. she reaches the age o
seventy, will have paid no less tina,
$500 for the preservation 81 their nat
ural teeth and the requirement of arti
fetal ones. This fact should cncourag,
young men in the study of dentistry,
One afternoon last week, met Z
friend, dentist, who, being in a conf
Dental mood, consented to talk of the
profession of which he is shining
ornament. He said:
dentistry is not what it is cracked
up to be. and, although it pays big
profits, many bills for work done are
not collectable For this reason honest
men and women are compelled to suf-
fer for the transgression of dead beats.
l have a friend who recently sold set
Of teeth for S95 which cost him ex-
actly Sl6.20. By a set of teeth
mean upper and lower SETS
The teeth mentioned above were sci on
aluminium. Teeth set on rubber cost
the patient $50 and the dentist $40.
The prices given are average ones.
Some dentists who serve the best Eeo-
Pile ask even higher rates. All dentists
claim to do their mechanical work On
their premises This is not so. Less
than one-haN of the dentists in Brook
1yn do their own work or employ me-
chanical men by the week A larger
part of the work claimed to lie done by
local dentists is performed by half u
dozen mechanical dentists who make q
specially of that branch' of the BUSH
ness"
'.What are mechanical deatists paid
for their services2' l asked.
Eight dollars per set, which in
Guides upper and. lower The dentist
SO contracting for the work iss obliged
to furnish the teeth, which usually cost
from 81 to So pes double SET Plain
teeth are worth ten cents and gum
teeth fifteen cents EACH. The
best teeth are made in Pniladel-
phia- Dentists try to convince their
patients that teeth are very expensive,
and that to make ansupper and: lower
set takes two or three days. Ehis is
all hnmbug. A mechanical dentist
who is good workman can make
lhree sets in twenty four hours. You
can see by the foregoing figuressthat
patients pay good round prices FOR a
assaos name or reputation. Dentists |
who employ mechanical men make a |
plaster paris cast of their patients jaw
so as to get the articulation, or fitting !
If the teeth, correct. These casts cost |
about five cents each, ana when made |
.re, sent to the denial laboratories |
Thers the remainder of the works. |
lone"
do women make a ssccess of den
istrYg'
Mos always. The feminine mindis
sometimes unable to grasp its ;ntrica-
hes. Many women dentists practice
heir Fsufession in New York. They
Ire usually discouraged: in their at
empts to study dentistry, as close as
ociation with male students has often.
unpleasant results. The only plan.
which think would wort satisfactorily
would be to separate the sexes in dem
al colleges. This plarl has shown
,ood iasults in medical schools. More
vomem dentists practice their profes--
ion i1H Europe than in America"
How are S12 set teeth, made
While you wait, manufaoaured?
In almost the same manner that
80 sets are made. A mechanical dem
ist would charge the saline price (SS)
Or making S12 set If teeth as he
you'd for a higher prissd set Dem
ISIS. however, who make teeth ut the !
ate named always do their own work.
II cheap upper and lowaf sets of teeth
he teeth cost 50, while in the higheri
riced sets the teeth are worth but 50
aore. In cheap sets he only addi-
ionM expense is for rubber and plas-
er. The latter is worth. possibly, five
ents and the rubber twenty-five. The
2 ateriais used in dentistry cost but lit
lie. 1t is the work and skill for which,
he patient is Obliged to pay. You
Tiil excuse me-" said; nay informant.
boxing at his watch. ~as l have an
at my Office at this hour
A laboratory can be fitted up with all
he necessary tools for the practice of
entistry at cost Of f1Om $500 20 $400.
-Brooktyn Eagle. /