Telegram-herald., 1891-11-22
TALK ABOUT our Teeth
How the Modern Dentist Relieves
Our Pains and Aches.
EVOLUTION FROy TIE OLD TURNKEY
To the Msdsra Isssramsats-Nsv-ea
Peoples Needless fsar---dhs Chissss
Ars-Bsldges ~ the Meath.
schools sf Dentistry.


. revolution within the last twenty-five
years. The business of the oid-rms
dentist Was 10 stop toothache. and bis
methods were as summary As hls voca-
ton Was restricted. IL . man came in
.ith an expression Of concentrsted
agony on has face he was asked to point
out the offending nloiar. Then the
shoemaker dent.st, or the barber den
list. as the case might be. would take on
ms outer garments. roll ~ his sleeves
and take . huge centrivance about
half way between . monkey wrench
and PAIR of ice tongs from the
drawer. This would be hooked around
the ooin and fastened by turning up
screw. Al this stage of the game the
world was ms. lie would hump him.
self couple OF times and then the
patient, or rather the impatient, would
be launched Across the room like the
cracking of = whip, and the tooth
would be left behind. Sometimes tvo
or three neighborlng teeth would be
torn out in the struggle. but this was
looked upon a. q piece OF good fortune
rather than q catastroyae If the Gus
toner survived. for it prevented any
- sslble future trouble from them. To-
dsv the ,ie aim OF the dentist 10 10
preserve the teeth in q healthy condi-
ION and extraction is the dernier resort.
No sixas Of suffering.
visit to two or three of the leading
dentists ye sterday found them all busy
getting patents teeth into proof con
dition against the cold winter coming
on. Not q scrcsm was heard, not Al
expression oil woe WAS seen on any
countenance.
$50 you would like little history OF
dental suppl es, would your said DIR.
l.. A. Rogers. "Weil, before about
1854 or '55, the turnkey was the instru-
ment universally used, and extracting
teeth WAS part OF sne BARRIERS trade.
About that time forceps were invented,
and they ere certainly q wonderful I'M
provement on the old turnkey. There
are shout q hundred styles Of them
made, but the average dentist narrows
himself town To the use o. about SIX
pair. Before 1860 gold plaics began TO
be made, and these ia time were, Ia
arge degree superseded by rub
ter. The municipalities are much
more inexpensive, but to get the
same strength as . gold plate, they
have 20 be made quite little heavier.
After plate work came crown work,
and the latest 10 bridge work, which %
certainly the best when IT is done prop
eriy. But ii 10 kind Of work that is
terribly abused. The teeth should not
press at all upon the gum. not even
ever 30 lightly. If they do, food can
lodge, and the mouth will become foul.
Yes. j. q the most expensive kind Of
work. There are people in Grano Ran
ids who have from $50 TO $500 and
s400 worth of gold and work in tmsir
mouths.
Chinese TcothpulIing
Dental instruments are made in the
highest perfection of mechanical art,
and there are thousands of them.
Something new comes out almost every
day.
OF all the anesthetics given when q
tooth is to be extracted. the one attend
ed by the minimum of Calger Is un-
doubtedly nltrous-oxide gas. 1t might
produce bad result in extreme cases
of heart disease or disease of the brain.
As for putting something on the gums
t. deaden them, / think that has
good deal to do with the imaglnat on
Of the patient.
Do you know that il is said the Chi
nese do 70 use force p2 Their dental
studen - practice hree years at strength
ening TIA muscles At the tips of the
thumb and frat finger until they be-
come 50 strong that they can &C uslly
pull any tooth out by the roots. Then,
too, l have read that the Chinese some
times put a worm INTO the tooth which
is supposed TO eat out the roots, but |
consider that story hunibuV perpe-
trated upon q superstItious and igno-
rant people"
The Adjustable Chair.
Any patient who goes TO DIR. Piatts
Office Is seated IN chair
that can be adjusted to about
iiity positions by merely pressing
lever. II can be fixed tor chllc, a
long-waIsted persoa. short-waisted,
one with big hump ou bis tack. or for
one with little hump; IL can hold the
head forward or turned around 50 as to
look straight back; it will 60 up or
down or sideways, or iongways, or
shortways, or any other way. Other
features of the operating room are the
dental engine. the electric motor dental
engine, and an electric light with q
powerful reflector by the AID of which
the doctor is able TO utilize all OF the
time on dark days and winter after
moons.
"Do YOU have many nervous pa
tients ~ asked the reporter.
''oh, yea" he responded very cheer
fully, "but they eoon get over H. Fa.
miliariiy, you know. VII accustom us
10 anything. I've quondam nervous
patient IN the chair nov. She bsd all
sorts of ideas of the torture . deRtist
would infiIet. and the first day worked
At her mouth her sister came with her.
hut today che mas come alone and is ss
cool as possible"
just then = well-known grocer Of the
city came in with the question, "Weil.
| doctor, What chance dc stand for get
ting aurt some day soon y' As he went
out, the doctor said. lent Il funny
how come men will dodge making an
| appointments for fear OF heine hurt.
Now. haven't hsen ahle before 70 get
that man 10 say he would come st any
SPECIAL hour. but | guess I've fixed u
for him tins time.
With the instruments the profession
uses now. tbe patient does not exper-
renee much pam in having a tooth
operated upon. slthough soaie people
vii faint dead sway inss so .con ss
they get into the char" Taking q
sEosli box cai Of = On ,ft-osrd. Dr. Pstt
called sttsntson % several teeth lyinz
IN the bottom. Pointing 20 one after
the other. pc called them al nv tne3r
nsmes-the peupis for -nons thes weYs
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