The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-13
[, DOCTOR OUCH !!
The State Dental Association is in
Session.
THERE WILL BE ABOUT SEVENTY

And They VIII Talk About All Sorts
OF Things Connected With MaatIca-
tiOn.
at the Throop hotel today talking teeth.
The association numbers about one hun
dred in the state. There were twenty
five of them in the north room this morn
ing and about seventy of them will have
been in attendance at the meeting when
it adiourns Wednesday afternoon.
The officers are all there: President
c. B. Reed of Topeka, Vice President A.
w. Day of Holton, Second Vice Presi-
dent J. G. Hollingsworth of Kansas City,
Mo-, Treasurer r A WATSON of Ottawa,
Secretary W. N. West of Topeka
ser of Abilene. ]. Fremont Burkett of
Kingman. w. A. CASTOR of Fort
Scott, c. E. Esterly of Lawrence, l. M.
Greene of Junction City; Geo. Losh of
Lyndon; W. A McCarter of Topeka, J..
| w. O'Bryan of Lawrence, ]. D. Patter-
son of Kansas City, Mo, c. B. Reed of
Topeka, ]. P. Root of Kansas City, Kan,
J. j. Reed of Chanute, W. NJ Shir-'
ley of Hiawatha, A. H: Thomp-
! Topeka, A. NJ. Mann of Osawatomie and
H. P. Huntington of Eureka. There was
a handsome young woman tooth pulIer
also present, Miss Margaret Mccoy of
Topeka
There was very little done until late
this morning. The members just sort of
got together and shook hands and pre-
pared for the onslaught on the dental
! dictionary. 1t will undoubtedly be a
triumph for the association, as it has been
at its twenty-three previous annual meet
ings.
Two papers were read this morning
and there was a discussion, the first ON
THE Progress of Modern Methods in
| Dental Practice" by DR.. A. Fl. Thompson
of Topeka.
''The marvellous success of modern
dental practice" said Dr. Thompson. sis
founded upon two main elements, me-
chanical skill and medical precision
"Crown and bridgework has been the
only thing in which there has been any
great advancement in the last ten years.
In plate work there has been little i'm
provement. This last may also be said
of operating. In filling, little progress
has been made except in improvements
in the cement. OF course porcelain fill
ing aud inlays are comparatively
new but this method is yet very crude.
Porcelain is a great material for our
uses
''The greatest improvements have been
made in the matter of medicine as ap-
piled to the treatment of diseases of the
teeth and their environments. The
greatest has been in the extended appli-
cation of the principle of antisepsis.
The increase of the knowledge of
germ life, the growth of the science of
bacterioIogy and their effect upon the
theory of and treatment of the disease is
marvellous. We live in the age of anti
septics. Thousands of teeth are now
saved that would have been given up in
the past.
"We must yet do greater and better
things"
The paper was discussed by Drs. J. r.
Root. Patterson, w. N. Shirley and E.
Bergstresser.
G. E. Esterly of Lawrence who was a
delegate to the meeting of last year at
Washington, D. c., read paper on "rhe
American Dental Association" 1t was a
description of the trip of the association
and was interesting.
This afternoon the session will be de-
voted to clinics, and people will come in
and have their teeth pulled and tiled
and experimental with while they wait
1t will be lots of fun-for the doctors.
There will also be session this even
ing at which miscellaneous business
will be attended to and papers read