Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-11-29

Ind angular In outline. The hard
palate ridges are heavy and rugged
and squarely set
1.-The man or woman Of confident ma
ture," the expert continued, has
cream.yellow teeth, well
and abounding In curved |
and rounded lines, with rounded cut
ting edges. The surface OF such teeth |
is fairly brilliant in luster, Is smooth,
with translucent cutting edges and |
rounded deprcssions and elevations. !
The articulation of such teeth Is mod
erately firm, and IL is noted that the
Jaw has tendency TO rotate In masti-
eating. The gum margins arc round
and full, both in respect TO length and
breadth, and the palate ridges are nu-
merous, graceful in outline and well
rounded.
"You can invariably tell the active,
nervous temperament by the pearl
gray or grayish translucence of the
teeth. The length of the teeth iHa
nervous person predominates over the
breadth, and the cutting edges are
both fine and long. The surface OF the
teeth Is both brilliant and transparent,
and the impressions and elevations
abound in long curves The articula-
tion of such teeth is long and very
penetrating, and the gum margins are
delicate and shapely and marked by
oval curves, while the palate ridges are
close, not numerous and small and
long in form. In other words, the
mouth of the nervous-tempered person
is adorned with the ideal Of perfect
teeth.
last comes the slow going person
whose temperament the doctors class
as lymphatic. You can spot the teeth
of such persons by their Opaque or
muddy color, and by their large and
unsightly form, and their breadth ex-
ceeds their length always. In such
persons the surface of the incisors is
unmarked by the usual depressions
and elevations, and they are opaque in
finish, even at the cutting edges. Such
teeth are fat aud loose in articulation,
the gum margins are thick and irregu-
lar in shape, and the palate ridges are
sparse and fat. They are the poorest
kind of teeth.
This scientific classification and
study of the teeth" the expert coutin-
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 quailed.
Pain has become practically thing Of
the past, and comfort has been 80 en-
HANGED that IL nowadays bothers the
patient no more to have den tist OPP
crate on his teeth than 10 have his
shoes polished"
The drilling and filling 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. Tho
latest modern appliance for this work
is drill run by electricity that per-
forms the work with great ease and
marvellous speed. The drills them
selves are mPdc Of such highly tenn
pered steel that they will bore n hole
in tempered steel itself as readily as
they perforate the material of the
tooth. And no injury can happen to a
tooth that there is not nowadays an
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 thirty six kinds, no
two of which are exactly alike, and
there are fifty delicate ir ST. uments ex-
pressly made for thee tender work Of
operating in close proximity to the
nerves. The implements for eXcavat-
ing the teeth number nearly two hum
dred, and there are nearly one hum
dred different kinds of dental chisels.
BY modern expedients for tempo crarily
"deadening pain" all these implements
can be used by the dental surgeon
without the slightest discomfort 10 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
worked by electricity, Is furnished
with such an astonishing number OF
ball and socket joints that II is impoS-
sible 10 arrange it so that the Dltient,
no matter what his size or buil l. will
be in an uncomfortable poslti .. The
seat, bRoh, arms, head rest, and neck
support are all adjustable.
A striking illustration OF the worth
of American dental work OF the pres.
ent day is furnished in tho fact that
the so-called "hlaok teeth" OF Japan
are now made here artihcially 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 Tho
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 bereaved widow to show
undying devotion 10 her spouse is to
blacken her teeth.
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 blacken
their teeth.
The japanese excel most OF our
American workmen in the art Of carv-
ing plates of wood and ivory for arti-
fetal teeth, but they cannot compete
with American art in the making OF
artificial teeth themselves seems 10 be
proven by the expectation OF these
singular black teeth for Japanese wives
and widows N. Y. Sun.