The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-04-12
THE TALK OF 4 DENTIST.
How Work on the Teeth Has Been Per-
feoted-Advance of science.
IPhuadeIphia Times1

tected-Advance of Science.
philadelphia Times.I
"A ton Of gold goes under ground
nearly every year, said a prominent
city 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 IN the profession is repaid with
the richest rewards. The establishment
of the University department Of den
tistry has given great impetus to the
study. scores of able and expert Young
men matrlculate 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
fectlye, and few people have perfect
set of teeth
Instruments Why yes, the instru- /
mentatlOn of a frst-class dentist is
comprised in several large cases like
that, pointing to a series of handsome /
rosewood cases and pulling out drawer /.
after drawer filed with delicate probes /
/
utacture of these is a great trade in |
itself. There is the dental engine, one |
OF the greatest inventions in the pro- !
fesssion, Indispensable now, with its
flexible screw. The electric mallet, an
other modern invention unknown to the
Old-fashiOned tooth carpenters, is used
by nearly all dentists, and requiring
battery to run it. The rubber dam or
appliance placed over the tooth and
mouth OF 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
fession. 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
tients in Paris and elsewhere were en-
presses, Kings, queens and princes of
the blood.
Gold is the best material vet found
for filling teeth. Silver and compost
tions OF various kinds being cheaper.
are used, but the royal metal is the {
only one which ought to be used. The
of gold foil or leaf for our
business is immense and hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth are con-
5umed 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 !
hat the deciduous teeth, as they were
temporary affairs, needed no attention.
They should be treated with greater at
entlon than the second set They are \
lot filled now as much as formerly, but
when carries attacks them.
he Biblical expression. skin of the
eeth, is true. There is a delicate en-
mel, resembling epidermis in its mi .
roscopic delicacy, and covers the teeth [
With beautiful mosaic, which is sus- =
eptlble OF perfect polish, which YOU
nay see glistening on the teeth of some
Dung people and Africans. Acids 90
Or this and once broken in upon carries
nsues. Good and bad teeth are heredi-
airy, but early care and professional
kill will do much even with bad
atural set of teeth. A Philadelphia
ather know-client of mine-has in A
ach of his children's rooms over the
lvatOry the following motto: Say
our prayers, wash your face; comb M
our hair; brush your teeth. 1t is a
pod one" \