The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-06-07
TOLD by THE TEETH.
HOW YOUR BENT OF CHARACTER is
REVEALED TO THE DENTIST.
Divided Into -Four Glasses - Fine Tools,
Electricity and Anestbetics Have Robbed
the Dentists Chair Of Its Terrors-Biack
Teeth For Japanese Women.

man vi NOIibttf Ntlu 'AlNie WV ce''ea
day, ms these attributes are shown In the
expression Of the eye or the form Of the
head F"
This sort of character reading, by the
way, IL ono of the arts of modern dental
science, and the skilled dental surgeon is
just as good a character reader as the
phrenologist. The method by which char
acter and temperament are discovered
through tho teeth was strikingly shown
by 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 MS types Of
the four classes OF temperamonts into
which the dental sharps divide all man
and woman kind.
These classes are the Grabbed or bilious
temperament, the sanguineous or hopeful.
ardent and confident nature, the nervous
and vigorous and energetic character, and
lastly the Emphatic or sluggish and sloth-
full character. All these characteristics are
indicated, SO the dentists assert, by the
color, form, surface appearance, articula-
ton, gum margins and palate markings OF
the teeth and mouth.
"ln persons of bilious temperament for
example, the expert said, the teeth have
strongly marked bronze yellow hue, and
they arc 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
md abounds in strong lines. Tho teeth In
such persons are always firmly set, close
together and well locked, and the gum
margins are heavy and firm and angular
I'm outIine Tho hard nnlatc ridgcs arr
hcnvv and rugged and saiarelv set
.'The man or woman Of confident mn.
ttirp - the oxpcrt continued "has translu-
conf crcnm yellow tectb well nronortioned
and nboundinp in curved and rounded
lines with rounded euttinp edges. The
surfaco of such teeth is fairly brilliant in
luster is smooth. with translucent cut.
tiny cd,rs and rounded dcnrcssions and
elevotions The articulation If such tooth
is moderately firm. and IL is noted tbnt
the law has a tendency to rotate in masti
eating The p,lm margins ar, round and
full both in resuect 10 length and breadth
and the nalate rido,cs are numcrous. grace
full in outline and well rounded
You can Invariably tell the activc.
nervous ten,perament nv the pearl gray or
prayish translucence of the teeth The
length of the teeth in a nervous ncrson
predominatcs over the breadth. and the
emitting cdres arc both fine and long The
surface Of the teeth IL botb brilliant and
TRANSPARENT. and the Impressions and eli.
eyations abound in long curves. The mr.
ticulation of such teeth is long and very
penetrating. and the gum margins are del
icate and shapcly and marked by oval
curves. while the palate ridges arc close.
not numerous and small and long I'm form
In other words the mouth of the nervous
tSmpered person Is adorned with the ideal
of prrfect teeth.
Last comes the slow going person
whose temperamcnt the doctors class as
lymphatic You can spot the teeth of such
persons by their opaoue or muddy colon
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 depressions and
elevations. and they are opaaue in finish
even M tho cutting edges such tooth ara
fiat and loose i'm articulation. the gnm
margins nrc thick and irregular I'm shane.
and fhe palate ridges are snarse and flat
They are the poorest kind of teeth.
"Tbis scientific classification and studv
of the teeth " the expert continued ..is
ono of the evidences of the great advance
Qf dental in America the
crude methods of the war DAYS Science
h,s rracticallv rohhed dentistrv ~ ali tha
terrors that made the visit TO the dentist
i'm those stormy times an ordeal before
which tho STRONGEST heart ouailed pain
has become practically a thing Of the mast
and comfort has been So cnbanced that Il
nowadays bothers the patient no more
Ia have n dentist of skill onerate on bis
The drilling and filling Of the teets
which in the old DAYS were even worse than
tho milling of the aching molar. have now
iost ali of their annoyanoe The latest mod.
ern appliance for this work is n drill run
Inv eIectricitv that performs the vvork with
great ease and marvellous speed The drills
Themselves are made of such finely tenn
pcrcd steel that they will bore a hole in
hammered steel itself as readily AZ thew per
forate the material of the tooth.
An instance of the immense variety of
the modern dental implements is shown
i'm the fact that of plurgers alone used in
filling the teeth there are 1876 kinds. no
two Of which are exactly alike. aud there
are so delicate implements expressly made
Tor the tender work of operating in close
proximity TO the nerves. The implements
for excayatine the teeth number nearly
200, and these are nearly 100 different
kinds of dental chisels. BY modern expe.
dients for temporarily "deadinp main" all
these indictments can be used by the dem
tai surgeon without the slightest discom-
fort to the patient. who would in the old
DAYS have suffered considerably. Modern
Improvement has also brought about re-
form in the dental chair, and the latest
chair of the kind, which is part of the out.
fit worked by electricity, is furnished with
such an astonishing number of ball and