Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-16
ABSOLUTELY PAINLESS.
DR.. |. S. Waugaman's New Process of
Filling the Teeth.
A NEW AND WONDERFUL DISCOVERY

"There arc but few people who have not
experienced the exquisite torture OF the
dentists chair, either under the painful
operation OF having tooth extracted or the
having the teeth filled" said DELS. Wauga-
man, the well-known Penn avenue dentist,
to reporter yesterday, "and it is easy to ac-
count 1Or the well-knuwn dread that keeps
the people away from the dentist when they
need dental work done in the worst way.
"My experience as Dentist" continued
DR.. Waugaman, "has been q constant reach
ing out and effort to discover some process
outside OF the well-known and harmful anes-
thetics, such as ether, chloroform, gas, ETC.,
by which teeth could be extracted or pre-
pared and filled without pain, and after
years OF study and experiment, l can say,
without exaggeration or fear OF con tradic-
tion, that l have made a most wonderful
discovery, and one destined to revoutionize
the ordinary operations of dentistry.
my new method OF preparing the most
sensitive teeth for filling, without pain, " it'll
perfect safety to the tooth, and to the abso-
Lutte satisfaction Of the patient. has the
merit, while giving the most perfect results,
OF being perfectly harmless in every way.
While pain cannot exist where it is used, it
has no detrimental or disagreeable after ef-
fects, and leaves no shattered nerves to
worry and distract the patient.
"As it is applied directly to the tooth while
the cavity is being prepared, and in several
cases whero the most extreme sensiliveness
prevailed, that merely wiping out the cavity
with cotton was much more painful than the
Qrlllln9 out OF the cavity was When the
process was applied, making it entirely pain
less, and where l also have extracted the
living nerve from the tooth by this process
without the patient feeling the slightest
pain.
: "Another reason why so many nervous
people will endure great deal of pain and
discom:ort from decayed teeth rather than
have them filled is the thought that when
they once seat themselves in the dentists
chair to have their teeth operated upon,
they must endure all the pain, no matter
how great, that comes from drilling around
the teeth. To overcome this difficulty 1
have had an attachments fitted to my engine
the patient, by pulling which the drill is in
stantly stopped If the slightest pain is felt.
1t sometimes happens that while a patient
is undergoing long and very tedious opera
tion on the teeth that the effect OF the pro-
cess used will gradually wear out and the
nerves regain their usual sensitiveness while
the patient Is still IN the chair, but in all
such cases the pain that would necessarily
result is felt only for an instant rs tho
slightest pull upon the cord held by the
patient suff1ces to stop the drill at once.
"Thus. you see," continued the doctor, II
have tried to provide for every possible
and l think have succeeded in
every respect. 1t is much greater satisfac.
tion for me to operate on a persons teeth
now than it was under the old and cruel
system, while know tho patient appre-
ciates the change much more than do. l
may say in conclusion that L have the sole
knowledge and control of my new process
and that I will be the only dentist to use it
in this city or county. l shall use my new
process i'll all my ordinary practice SO that
all who call upon me to nave their teeth
operated upon or extracted will be sure to
receive the benefit OF it and count most con-
upon suffering no pain whatever"