The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-17
How Work on the Teeth Has Been Per-
fected-AdVance of Science.


Philadelphia Times.I
"a ton of gold goes under ground
nearly every year, said a prominent
cty dentist, buried in the teeth and
plates of people who have at one time
or other 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 i'll the profession is repaid with
the richest rewards. The establishment
of the University department of den
tStry has given a great Impetus to the
study Scores of aOle 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 natural
ones if the latter are the least bit de-
tectye, and few people have a perfect
atOf teeth
instruments? Why, yes, the instru-
mentatlOn of a first-class dentist is
comprised in several large cases like
that, pointing to series of handsome
rosewood cases and pulling out drawer
after drawer filed with delicate probes,
chlSeIS, bOrers aud fOrceps. 'The man
utacture of these is great trade in
itself. There is the dental engine, one
OF the greatest inventions in the pro-
fesSSlon, indispensable now, with it's
flexible screw. The electric mallet, an
other modern invention unknown to the
0ld-tashOned tooth carpenters, is used
t6y 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 moist
ure and saliva reaching the part oper-
ated on is the greatest of the modern
discoveries. Any one who has been in
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 inf
mite torture this scientific adoption
has relieved him from.
Twenty thousand dollars a wear.
Yes, there are dental surgeons in this
city who make that much by their pro
teSSion. a clientage very often in
cludes 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 pa
tents IN Paris and elsewhere were en-
presses, kings, queens and princes of
the blood.
Gold is the best material vet found
LOT hlllng teeth. Silver and compost
slonS OF various kinds being cheaper,
aLg used, but the royal metal is the
ou'y one which ought to be used. The
! manufacture nan Of gold foil or leaf for our
" BUSINESS Is Immense and hundreds of |
thousands of dollars worth are con-
Sumed every year.
/ Inc teeth should be looked to often
=! good dentist. Individual care
carry IN life saves much dental work |
a. expense. 1t used to be the idea |
tudt the deciduOuS teeth, as they were
T T5 ulporary affairs, needed no attention.
tney should be treated with greater at
r Uat lI|I Than the second set. They are
aUC nIieG now as much as formerly, but
T TbI when carries attacks them.
+no5, BIBLICAL expression. 'sGin of the
oreoI Is true. There is a delicate en-
ora' resembling epidermis in its mi
ur-;1tISeoplc dellcacy, and covers the teeth
,o ,en beautiful mosaic, which is sus
nev oI VI d perfect polish, which you
-o 10y see gIlStening on the teeth of some
;Wu ~ people and Africans. Acids 90
, M InlS and once broken IN upon carries
. aru Good and bad teeth are heredi-
,IiiHI' out early care and professional
,atI,.1 Will 90 much even with a bad
:atbaS set of teeth. A Philadelphia
.aeL I know-client of mine-has in
avato OF MS childrens rooms over the
,o '%.ory the following motto: saw
,opr prayers, wash your face: comb
,ood d nalr; brush your teeth 1t is a