Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-12-03
DENTAL SCIENCE.
ArtiiciuI Teeth Are a Cheap luxury
Secrets Of the Profession.

4Aftillftht ttttu Are a Nhctp Luxury -
Secrets Of the Profession.
We sold 900 more false teeth Last
year than We ever disposed Of before
in a twelvemonth," said the manager IF
a great dental supply establishment to a
New York Telegram reporter. 81 don't
imagine that people are loosing their
teeth more rapidly now than heretofore,
although it is uuquestionabiy &le cast
that the enduring quality Of the human
chewing apparatus has become progress
sively les from generation to generation
in this country. it is more the fashion
low than it has ever been in the past
to year false teeth, partly for 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 excites wuch more disgust
than it did in old times, when such an
affection was commonly observed and
was regarded as unavoidable.
1T is very rare to see ii person, move
days, whether a man OF woman, vislDly
d~istigured by the absence Of teeth. Any
body whose grinders will fall out Will,
in nearly every case, go 10 a dental sur
ge0n and procure artificial ones. They
don't cost much. You can get a complete
double set Tor from $lj up to
Probably a fashionable dentist will
charge you the latter price. His margin
of profit is considerable, inasmuch us
the teeth themselves cost only from
10 to Is cents apiece, They are made
OF porcelain, OF kaOlin usually, baked
in an oven. For the plates the material
best approved is rubber. The hand
SOmeS plates are made Of celluloid, and
they have the advantage Of HghtneSs III
weight, but celluloid does not resist
all the acids with which it comes into
contact in the mouth. Aluminium has
been tried, but it is affected by vinegar
and salt, as wen rs by other substances
that T eaten, the result being the de-
yelOpemcnt Of u salt aluminium, which
is thought to be injurious to the system.
The unamel of artificial teeth is com
posed of Natalie oxides and the finish
ng process TO which they are subjected
are so delicate that no two teeth produl-
ed can be made exactly alike in point Of
cOlOriug. Among all the hundred of
thousands OF teeth which we keep in
stock, probably no two would match 10
absolute perfection But those that are
most nearly alike are put together SO
that the eye of nobody but an expert
would detect and difference. After aIl
natural teeth exhibit marked dissimil-
ariues in any individual.
1t does not do To make false teeth
too handsome, lest they appear uanatur
al, and dental surgeons commonly carry
their limitations of nature SO far as to
make teeth look in many instances NOR
or less defective. The better to carry
out -h deception. What is called bird Re
work consists in inserting q false Tooth
in a gap between two natural ones I'M
the jaw, fastening il in place by gold
bands around the adjoining teeth. cold
crowns are frequently put on teeth
cold crowns are frequently pul ON ola
roots nowadays, this device having tine
advantage that The crown can be readily
removed at any time for the purpose Of
keeping the root beneath In good conai-
tion.
The latest imp RANT invention i'm the
line Of dentistry 3 q machine bv which
sized oNcavating burs are made. HI.ner.
to these delicate little iust1umnts have
had 10 be manufactured by hand You
cam only perceive how very delicate
they are 10y examining them under d
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