The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-17
TOLD BY THE TEETH.
HOW YOUR BENT OF CHARACTER is
REVEALED TO THE DENTIST.
Divided Into -Four Glasses - Fine Tools,
Electricity and Anmstbetics Have Robbed
the Dentists Chair of Its Tcrrors Black
Teeth For Japanese Women.

Teeth For Japanese Women.
Character and temperament ma- be as
| clearly and as easily read In the teeth of n
man or woman" said an expert the other
day, las these attributes are shown in the
expression of the ego or tho form of the
head. +"
This sort of character reading by the
way, Is one Of the arts of modern dental
science, and the skilled dental surgeon Is
Just rs good character reader as the
phrenologist. The method by which char
meter and temperament are discovered
through the teeth was strikingly shown
by a dental exhibit which was on view
in the Lincoln building in Union square,
which had been brought ON from Chi
cago. Tho exhibit was a little ornamental
table containing teeth chosen as types Of
the four classes Of tompcramcnts into
which the dental sharps divide all man
and woman kind.
These classes are the grabbed or bilious
temperament, the sanguincous or hopeful,
ardent and confident nature, the nervous
and vigorous and energetic character, and
lastly the lymphatic or sluggish and sloth-
ful character. All these characteristics arc
indicated, so the dentists assert, by the
color, form, surface appearance, articula-
the teeth and mouth.
"In persons of bilious temperament, for
example, " the expert said, the teeth have
II strongly marked bronze yellow hue, and
they are large in form and inclined to be
angular, and their length exceeds their
breadth. The surface of the teeth shows
transverse ridges, Is slightly translucent
and abounds in strong lines. The teeth in
such persons are always firmly set close
together and well locked, and the gum
margins are heavy and firm and angular
in outline. The hard palate ridges are
heavy and rugged and squarcly set.
The man or woman of confident ma
ture, " the expert continued, "has translu.
cent cream yellow teeth, well proportioncd
and abounding in curved and rounded
lines, with rounded cutting edges. The
surface of such teeth Is fairly brilliant in
luster, is smooth with translucent cut
ting edges and rounded doprcssions and
elevations. The articulation of such teeth
is moderately firm, and 1t is noted that
the jaw has tendency to rotate in masti
eating. The gum margins are round and
full, both in respect to length and breadth
and the palate ridges are numerous, grace
full in outline and well rounded
You can invariably tell the active
ny lIlt ptdi1 gray OF
grayish transluconcc of the teeth The
length of the teeth in a 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 ell
evations abound in long curves. The ar
ticulation of such teeth is long and worry
penetrating, and the gum margins are del
icatc 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 exceeds their length always.
In such persons the surface of the incisors
Is unmarked by the usual deprcssions and
elevations, and they are opaque in finish
even at the cutting edges. such teeth are
hat ana loose III articulation, tho gum
margins are thick and irregular in shape,
anu the palate ridges are sparse and Hat.
lhey are the poorest Kind OF teeth.
This scientific classification and study
OF the teeth, the expert continued, 'is
one OF the evidences oil 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 quailcd. Pain
ms become practically thing of the past,
and comfort has been so enhanced that ii
nowadays bothers the patient no more
to have dentist OF skill operate on his
teeth than to have his shoes polished.