The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-13
NOVaA TIES IN DENTISTRY.
Artificial Teeth q Cheap Luxury-Ex-
cavating BuEs Made by Machinery.
Ffom t1e Washtnqtop Star.

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cavating BpEs Made by Machinery.
From tie Washipgtou star.
"We sold 100000 more false teeth last
year than we ever disposed of before in .
twelve-month,n said the manager of the
greatest dental supply establishment in the
world 20 a reporter Yesterday. al don't
imagine that it was because people are los
ing their teeth more rapidly now than here
tofore, although it is unquestionablY the
case that the enduring qualityof the human
chewing apparatus has become progress
sively less from generation to generation in
this country. 1t is more the fashion now
than 1t has eyer been In The past TO wear
false teeth, partly Tor the reason that the
public has come to realize what excellent
substitutes they are for real ones. and partly
owing to the fact that toothlessness gxcites
much more disgust than it dfd in old times,
when such On aftlictjon was commonly OBJ
served and was regarded as unavoidable.
1T is very rare 10 see person nowadays,
N-ether man or woman, visibty dis
figured by the absence OF teeth. Anybody
whose grinders fall out will IN nearly every
case 90 TO q dental surgeon and procure
artificial ones. They don't cost much. You
con get complete double set for from SIC
up to SIS. Probably a fashionable dentist
will charge You the latter price, His margin
or profit q 'c6nsidet able, t6asn1uchS as the
teeth themselves cost only from IS to IS
cspt y sPiscs Tes{ ets tt.sds 81 RoEGslsLn:
the plates the material best approved Is
rubber. The handsomest plates are made Qf
csllnloid, and they have the advantage Of
tighthess In weight, but celluloid- does not
resist well the acids with which it comes
into contact in the mouth. aluminium has
been tried, but it Is sfrected BY vinegar and
salt, as well as BY other substances that are
Nhar no 80
q salt Of aluminium = hich is thought to be
injurious to the system: -~-" 1t
THE ENAMEL.
!The enamel OF artificial teeth are COM
posed OF metallic oxides, and the finishing
processes to which they are subjected are
so delicate that no two teeth producef cau
be make exactly alike in point or coIoring.
Among all the hundreds Of thousands of
teeth which we Keep In stock probably no
two would match to absolute perfection.
But those that are most nearly ankle are
put together so that the eye OF nobody but
ah expert Would detect any difference.
AttsE 81, natural teeth e$hibif marked dis
simlsGiFies ~ any Individual. II does not
do to make false teeth look TOO
handsome unless they appear unnatural
and dental surgeons commonly carry
their imitation ofnatnre SO far as 70 make
tseth ip many instaHces fq9s' more 9r less
uSlcShASSt k1p JStkNA w kHAA1 OHk kuo dsskSp-
ton. What is called bridge Wors' con-
sists in inserting false tooth in a gap be-
tween two natural ones in the jaw. fasten-
ing it in place by gold bands around the
adjoining teeth. Gold crosus srefte9uentty
put on old roots nowadays, this device
having the advantage that the crown can
be readily removed at any time for the
purpose of keeping the root beneath in
good condition.
.'The latest imuortant invention in tho
line of dentistry is a machine by which steel
excayating burs are made. Hitherto these
delicate little instruments have had to be
manufactured by hand. You ran only per-
celye how very delicate they are by ex
amining them under powerful! maguifying
glass. TO make them by hand was very
laborious process, and not less than 5000. COO
was spent in experiments before tie machine
for predicting them wai sDccessflIty con:
structed. 1t tNtns them out With such
rapidity that they only cost 10 ceuts apiece
now.r