The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-29
GOLD IN A DOGS TOOTH.
Juno Can Now Afford to Put on Plenty
of Style.
From The Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Dogs as well as human beings often suffer
from toothache, but unfortunately have
not the same means available to alleviate
that most aggravating Of all pains.
Few dogs are so happily circumstanced as
is certain canine in this city, Juno by
name, the property of DR.. A. n. Roussell, a
young dentist practicing in 143 Stuyvesant
other afternoon.
Juno is handsome 5-year-old Laverick
setter of blooded pedigree, her sire being
Lark, a winner of seven prizes, whose sire
in turn was Phil, and whose dam was Dido.
In addition to this she is most intelligent
brute, that her owner deems invaluable.
Some time ago, while looking in the dogs
mouth, he noticed defective tooth, the o ne
that corresponds to the human eye tooth
The detection is known in dental science as
an erosan cavity, which is the result of i'm
perfect enamel formation. In human being
this often arises from infantile diseases, thus
causing early decay.
The operation of filling the tooth, which
an Eagle reporter had the pleasure of wit
Messing, was a most interesting one. The
animal was tractable to a degree and mani
tested unusual intelligence. The doctor sat
her on her launches in the dental chair and
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the reception of the filling. This was done
by cutting around the edge of the cavity
with the aid of the dental engine, and drill
ing small holes at opposite points in the
cavity as anchor holes for the filling. This
is necessary where the decayed part is a
shallow or surface cavity. During this part
of the operation Juno was little impatient,
but showed remarkable tractability and was
easily appeased by little pettilg.
Of b, ion,
cluded and the cavity prepared for the fill
ing. rubber dam was placed over the tooth
for the purpose of keeping 1t dry. This is
an essential to gold filling, as gold will not
weld if damp.
The second stage i'll the operation was the
insertion of the gold, which consisted of gold
cylinders which were introduced with var
new pluggers with the assistance and occa-
sional use of automatic and hand mallets
Flat pieces of soft anuealed gold were used
in finishing off the filling. This concluded,
the third and last stage in the operation was
entered upon. This constituted trimming
down the edges of the filling and restoring
the contour of the tooth
4 ITO effect this corundumiwheels, on a short
steel shank, were inserted in the dental en-
CINE, the same as the burrs that were used
to bore the cavity, and revolved at a high
rate of speed. This finished, sandpaper
discs were brought into requistion, with
the aid of the dental engine, for polishing
the surface of the filling, and the operation
was completed.
During the entire operation the animal
made no sign or sound of disapproval fur
Their than to be a trifie uneasy. She sat in
the dentists chair like algood child. The
operation occupied over an hour. Juno is
the first dog to go on record as having
gold-filled tooth, or a tooth filed with any
thing, for that matter. She was raised by
Thomas F. Morris, OF Mott Haven, a breeder
of hunting dogs.