Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-08-18

and the impressions and elevations
abound In long curves. The articula'
ton of such teeth Is long ana very
p~enetrating, and the gum margins arc
delicate and shapely and marked oy
oval curves, while the palate ridges are
close. not numerous and small anu
Iopr in form, In other words, the
mouth of the nervous-tcmpered person
is adorned with the ideal of perfect
teeth.
"Last comes the Slow-going person
whose temperament the doctors eiaSs
as lymphatic, You can spot the tee'h
of such persons by their Opaque OF
muddy color. and by their large ana
unsightly form, and their breadth eX-
ceeds their length always In such
nersons the surface of the inclsors Is
unmarked by the usual depressions
and elevations. and they are Opaque III
finish. even at the cutting edges. Such
teeth are fiat ana loose in articulation
the gum margins are thick and lrregu'
lar in shape, and the palate ridges are
sparse and Hat, They are the poorest
kind of teeth.
This scientific classification and
study of the teeth" the expert contin-
ued, sis one of the evidences OF the
great advance of dental surgery IN
America over the crude methods of the
war DAYS. Science has practically
robbed dentistry of all the terrors
that made the visit to the dentist in
those stormy times an ordeal before
which the strongest heart qualled.
Pain has become practically a thing OF
the past. and comfort has been so en-
HANGED that it nowadays bothers the
patient no more TO have a den fist OPP
crate on his teeth than to have his
shoes polished
The drilling and filing of the teeth,
which in the old days was even worse
than the pulling of the aching molar,
has now lost all of its annoyance. The
latest modern appliance for this work
is a drill run by electricity that per-
forms the work with great ease and
marvellous speed. The drills them
selves are made of such highly tenn
pered steel that they will bore a hole
in tempered steel itself as readily as
they perforate the material of the
tooth. And no injury can happen to II
tooth that there is not nowadays an
instrument made to treat that particu-
lar injury with the least possible
trouble to the dentist and patient both.
An instance of the immense variety
of the modern dental improvements is
shown in the fact that OF pluggers
alone used in filling the teeth there are
four hundred and t~hirty-six kinds, no
two of which are exactly alike. and
there are fifty delicate instruments eX-
pressly made for the tender work OF
operating in close proximity to the
nerves. The implements for %eXcavat-
ing the teeth number nearly two hun
dred, and there are nearly one hum
dred different kinds of dental chiscl,.
BY mod ern expedicnts for temporarily
''deadening pain" all these implements
can be used by the dental surgeon
without the slightest discomfort to the
patient, who would in the old
days have suffered considerably.
Modern improvement has also
brought about reform in the
dental chair, and the latest chair
of the kind, which is part of the outfi t
worked by electricity, is furnished
with such an astonishing number Of
ball and socket joints that it is impos.
sible to arrange it so that the patient,
no matter what his size or build, will
be in an uncomfortable position. The
seat, back, arms, head rest, and neck
support are all adjustable.
\ striking illustration of the worth
of American dental work of the pres
ent day is furnished in the fact that
the s~o-called black teeth of Japan
are now made here artifcially for ex-
port to the realm of the emperor of
Japan. Samples of these particular
teeth, highly FURNISHED, were shown in
the Lincoln building exhibit. The
black teeth are worn by wives and
widows in some parts of Japan, where
the natives still live up to the ancient
traditions that the true way for the
loving wife or bcreaved widow to show
undying devotion to her spouse is to
blacken herteeth.
1t is supposed that the Japanese de
rived this curious custom from the
natives of AMMAN, who used to chew
the betel leaves and nuts to blacker
their teeth.
The Japanese excel most of oul
American worlnmen in the art of carv
ing plates of wood and ivory for arti
fetal teeth, but they cannot compel,
with American art in the making o
artificial teeth themselves seems to b,
proven by the expectation of thes,
singular black teeth for japanese wive,
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