The morning call., 1891-07-25
DENTISTS TAUGHT.
Practical Instruction at the AssO.
citation.
Some Wonderful Scientific Strides Taken by
the Profession Patching Old Teeth
With Porcelain.

Yesterday mornings session of the Cali
fornia State Dental Association was devoted
to clinics, and DR.. J. D. Hodgdon of Wood
land exhibited an appliance invented by
him for the casting of dies and counter
dies in fusble alloy.
DIR. J. E. Cummings then performed an
interesting operation, his subject being A.
A. Hibbard. The operator cut section out
of an upper central incisor. then heated
porcelain, which was fused to fit the cavity
anu solidifed by the aid of cement
The other clinics comprised an exhibition
of gold filings by DR.. c. G. Bush, painless
extraction with the uSa of nitrous oxide gas
by DR.. E. Nye. and plastic filings by DR..
+. W. Need.
Mark L. Eggers also explained the modus
operandi of his noiseless dental electric
motor and then put the machine in practical
operation.
ADVERTISING is AGAINST DENTAL ETHICS.
Al the afternoon session DR.. L. A. league
read paper on advertising" referring TO
the m anifest inconsistencies Of which many
members of the profession are guilty In ref
erence to this matte. DR.. league is op-
posed to advertising in any form. and con-
cluded by remarking that If there is law
governing dental advertising it should be
upnelu properly ana etnlcally.
DR.. III. r. Morton, Chairman of the Com
mittee Oh Histology and Microscopy, read a
report in which he held that the clinic was
the Alpha and Omega of dentistry; that the
microscopic is but the servant of the elm
ieian, as the instrument-maker is the servant
of the operator. Without the microscopic
the cllnicIan would be helpless.
In the general discussion which followed
DR.. Younger explained in detail his method
OF inplanting teeth.
BACTERIA IN THE TEETH.
DR.. Z. Payne presented paper on Den
tai Carries" explaining the ravages of
bacteria in the teeth, aud stating that the
EsQuimauX had the best teeth in the world.
The discussion on the subject participated
in by Drs. Van Order. Younger, President
King, IDglehart and Lundy, developed the
otherwise sound tooth could be removed,
leaving the sound portion good as ever.
Dr. Lundy narrated several Interesting in
cidents connected With the use of sulphuric
acid for assesses of the teeth.
OFFICERS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
The following officers have been elected
by the Board of Trustees: President,
L. King; Second Vice-PreSident, L. A.
league; Third Vice President, a. o.
Hooker; Secretary, W. j. Knowles; Core
spending Secretary, L. a. \ ounger; Treas
uler, l.. an OfueD.
Papers were also read by DIR. Z. \. Lundy
OF Honolulu on "Pyorrhea AlveOlaris" and
By DR.. W. J. Younger on The Treatment
of Pyorrh@a Alvc0laris."
ADVERTISING TABooED.
The evening meeting was the concluding
session OF the association. the first business
! being the adoption Of the annual reports of
the Board of Trustees. The latter recon-
mended that any dentist advertising his bust
ness in any way, whether by publication of
a card, by circulars, or by authorizing an
interview or writing an article lauding his
methods in any newspaper other than a
medical or dental journal, or by personal
solicitation, should be deemed guilty of
violation of dental ethics and so merit the
censure of the association.
DR.. +. }. Lane read a paper on "Plastics,"
which was discussed by Drs. Van Orden,
Bush, Birge, Igelhart, X ing. Mories and
Cummings.
A HIGH STANDARD ADVOCATED.
dental Ethics" was the subject of an
excellent paper presented by DR.. W. A.
Knowles, who advocated high standard of
professional department, and whose views
were heartily Endorsed by DrS. MorieS, Birge
and others.
DR.. l.. a. leagues paper on "Advertis-
ing" was in line with the recommendations
of the Board of Trustees, and was supple
mented by remarks from Drs. +. j. Lane
and Charles L. Post.
The newly elected President was allowed
sixty days in which TO appoint standing and
special committees, and, after passing nu-
merous votes of thanks, the association was
declared adjourned until the third Monday
in July, 1892, when it will again convene in
this city,