The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-01-08
TEETH WHILE YOU WAIT.
How the Dentist Tries to Defy Time 90
Well AS Nature.

now the Dentst Tries TO DEFY Time -
Well rs Nature.
"Four and five dollars sets Of teeth
made while waiting"
That is a portion OF an advertisement
that caught a reporters eye and caused
visit to the office of the dentist who
had inserted it.
Many men doubtless remember that
certain of their relatives remained in
solitary confinement for from two to
three weeks while waiting the arrival
of the ideal set of grinders. Is it posi-
BILE that one can have ones own worth
less teeth removed, an impression of
the mouth taken, and new teeth fitted,
and all within an hour or two's time?
The dentist, when asked that ques-
ton, answered afiirmatively. you
see, /" said he, dentistry is progressing
like every thing else, and it is an
everyday occurrence for me to get up
five dollar set of teeth in an hour
and a half. Although it would be
much better if, after having teeth ex-
tracted, the patient would wait aweek
until the mouth heals and the bone
which surrounds the teeth be dissolved,
still there are ever so many who come
here and will endure the discomfort
and pain which of necessity follows q
quick operation rather than depart
toothless.
How do do it so quickly? Well,
by a method of process use in vul-
canizing or cooking the rubber used
for the plate, which reduces that
usually long process to an hours time.
mo, it is not so satisfactory, nor is
it any less expensive, but it is quicker.
The price of a false set of teeth depends
almost entirely on the number and
size of the platinum pins which the
teeth contain. and the quality and tex
ture of the porcelain used.
"Then, too, the small manufacturers
one another's throats, and the people
get the benefit. The dentist has very
little to do in determining the price.
Countrymen and farmers buy more
false teeth than do any other class OF
people. You see. Mrs. Jones, for in
stance, has the toOthache, comes to
town, and, after frantic attemps to get
rid of the pain, has all her teeth pulled,
and with beautiful new set, with
perhaps a little gold filled in front, re-
turns to her village or farm. Mrs.
Smith sees Mrs Jones teeth, and not
content to be without any thing that
Mrs. Jones has, she. too, comes to
town and has porcelain substituted for
bone.
Country people don't take proper
or even decent care of their teeth;
and, besides, they eat too much pie.
And they, too, are the people who
want their teeth served up in an hours
time. A countryman comes to the city
expecting to do shopping for the folks
at home take in the town, and pro-
vide himself. and perhaps the family,
with set of teeth, and all in one day.
Sometimes he is successful, too.
Negroes carry a good deal Ofporce-
lain and gold in their mouths, too, but
they almost invariably want the most
expensive sets, insisting upon gold
plates and plenty OF gold filling. /
have made 4 number of sets for ne
groes which cost one hundred dollars.
But in ayear's time a negro will man.
age to break the best set that l can
make, and then, of course, he receives
bill for repairs.
1.-The gold plates are. of course, in
comparably better than the rubber or
the celluloid. and if a patient can afford
them / always advise their use."-M
Y. Ere,ainO World.