Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-01-09
THE TALK OF A T
How AL Work on the Teeth
Has Been Perfected.
Nearly a Ton Of Gold Annually Buried
with Dead People

ground nearly every year, said a
prominent Philadelphia dentist, bur
sed 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 a profession of the highest skill 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
m%atriculate annually. They come
from all parts of the world-South
America, Cuba, Mexico, the continent,
and Japan. This city is foremost in
3. dental operations and dental surgery.
Some of the work turned out here is
wonderfully perfect. Many men and
ONE prefer false teeth to the natu-
raj ones, if the latter are the least bit
defective, and few people have a per-
1ect set OF leetn.
"Instruments? Why, yes, the in
strumentation of a first-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
cops. The manufacture of these is a
great trade in itself. There is the den
tai engine, n 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 o. a patient
to prevent moisture an saliva reach
ing the part operated on is the great
est Of the modern discoveries. Ar
one who has been in the dentists chair
under the old plan, which necessitat-
ted packing the mouth of the patient
with naF..ins, 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
adolescence 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 filing teeth. Silver and compost
ton of various kinds, being cheaper,
are used. but the royal metali is the
only n which ought to be used. The
manufacture Of gold foil or leaf for
our business is immense, and hundred
of thousands of dollars worth are con-
sumed every year.
The teeth should be looked to often
by a 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
temporary affairs, needed no attention.
? They should be treated with greater
/ attention than the second set. They
3 are not filled now as much as formerly,
: but extracted when carries attacks
f them. The biblical expression, skin
of the teeth is true. There is a deli
|, cate enamel, resembling epidermis in
> its microscopic delicacy, and covers the
D teeth with a beautiful mosaic, which
is susceptible Of a perfect polish, which
e you may see glistening on the teeth Of
e some young people and Africans. Ac
:. ids go for this and once broken in up.
D on carries ensues. Good and Dad teetl
f are hereditary, but early care and pro
r fessional skill will do much with evel
4 4 bad natural set of teeth. A Phila
d lelphia father l know-client of min
II has in each Of his children's room
: over the lavatory the following motto
S. say your prayers; wash your face
comb your hair; brush your teeth l
j. a good one.'-Phiiadtlphia Time.
4 A Poetic Tail.
\ thoughtless boy with a shinin