The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-17
SHALL WE SHED TEErR7
Possibilities OF the Molars OF the Fu-
ture Man.

From the Cincinnati Tines Stdr.
The prophecy from a specialized source TO
the effect that the biped of the future will
he the victim Of absorption on the INSTALL
ment plan, and as matter Of conseqac=soe
hairless and toothleSs sort of an individual
who will be doomed to wear wigs from the
cradle to the grave, and chew his food by
machinery, perhaps. will never prove a fact
as a whole If the members Of the dental
profession can obviate such lamentable
condition of human affairs.
The following facts will in view of this
as yet uncontroverted prophesy, 20 far to
olspel the popular presumption that dent
lists labor assduously for the creation of
pain IN endless chain packages, and that the
plush cushioned chairs of dental offices are
after all, only ingeniously contrived and
arustlcally concealed agony racxs that
trace their ancestry i'll direct line from the
thumb screw of ancient times 1t is fac
that with separation of dentists aud
torceps and the immense stock OF tools all
tlrst-class doctors carry, from the inevita
BILE first cousin to the bay cutter, to the
pretzel-shaped needle that c lrYes a tunnel
through gum, lie is, as general thing, a
pretty good sort of man, who realizes that
his profession has perspective of posi- bill
ties not surpassed even by the ministry,
and. If an ambitious member, and
not satisfied that his descendants
and his neghbors' ditto should gum it,
even unto eternity, he becomes a sort of
philanthropist, and works for the general
veal directly, and for the general mighty
dollar indirectly. In harmony with
such a commendablo mental charity
there was meeting in Columbus last week
of the Ohio State Dental Association. Ii
was large gathering of representative men
most all of whom believe that the seat OF
the soul Is not far from the mouth. Many
good things were said and done at the con.
vention, and the great cause of dental
science was advanced to a considerable ex
tent. Among the interesting papers read
to the convention was one from the facile
pen of DR.. NJ. II. Fletcher. of West Seventh
street.
The title was Experimental Implanta-
tion on the Lower Animals" Translated for
the infant class, it should be sta ted that the
purpose of the paper was to recite the re-
suit of a series of experiments conducted
by DR.. Fletcher to determine the process
involved in the physiological repair ant
growth of teeth The paper created great
amount Of comment among the learned at
| tendants, and it will appear in several pub
locations devoted to the profession. Az
everybody enjoys g misfortune of having
teeth, the result of the investigation will be
of general interest.
DIR. Fletcher inserted several teeth which
a canine was induced TO she'd into the hind
legs and outside Of the jaw bone of a sur
prised billy goat William became in @
short time accustomed To the unusual load
of original packages he carried about, anC
as he was one of the few docile goats that il
is the pleasure of history to record, uoexam
pied facilities were afforded for freouen
| examinations of the progress of the plant
Notwithstanding the buttiug propensities OF
| the subject. The experiments ran over ,
| year and half. and in that time the goa
became attached to the teeth and by tn,
| same token the teeth became deeply and
| fim!y attached to the goat, SO much SO ia
| fact that the bond was at the expense
of the teeth, by reason of the absorben
capacity of le goat. Possibly this las
| statement should be modified for the sake
| of the usefulness of the experiments, and i
| may be said that anything that could ge
hold of goat with its putting from cs
! pacity is great success, even If the goat
should outlast the addition. The expert.
| ments resulted in CONCLUSIVE proof to DR.
| Fletchers mind that the operation is nee.
essarily failure in from three to five years
| in consequence of the natural laws O.
physiology, the roots of the teeth beinf
necessarily absorbed by the process OF
tearing down and building up which
is continually going on in living
beings. The above conclusion certainly
will not make the expectant public daYot
| with joy, but here is where the man of The
future has show. DIR. Fletcher claims
however. that for temporary replacement
of lost teeth, the operation of inserting
teeth in human beings is justifablt
to those who undertake it, and i,
is not necessarily attended with suf-
ficient pain to make it an Objectionable op
Grafton, TO those who wish to submit. fol
it replaces lost organ in more satisfac
tory manner than teeth can in any other
way be inserted. In other words, the ex
periments showed that it is possible to place
teeth in the naked gums of people, but the
assurance is not given that such a planting
is permanent. 1t would not be sur
prising to the Imaginative mind if the
day would come when people will adop
new teeth every few years, and the styles
modes of wearing, etc, of teeth may be-
| come as much a matter Of change as one:
hat, shoes or gloves. The matter is certainly
au interesting one aud is attracting much
| attention among dentists, VINO heard anc
read DIR. Fletcher's able and interesting