The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1896-05-14
influence OF sless.sz:tc.ty In Dent.
iAtEY

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Within the last twelve months there
has been n remarkable turning to cleo
tricity or the part of the dentists OF
this country. Probably one Of the
most Important elements II this move
lnent was the introduction Of q meth
Cd OF obtunding or cnaesthetlzlng
sensitive dentine by an electrical pro-
cess. The process, which Is termed
cataphorcsis, consists OF a driving In
of the anaesthatic drug TO be admin.
istered. by means Of an electric cur
rent, which has opened tho way to q
real painless deEtistiy." q piece OF
cotton, saturated with cocaine or 9th
err anaesthetic, Is placed in teeth
which It Is desired TO remove or to
operate on In any way. On either side
Of the tooth. or on one side Of the
tooth and outside Of the check, are
electrodes, which are connected to nm
"adapter," n newly designed machine
for administering electric current In.
very minute quantities. Formerly the
difficulty was to give the current TO 9
sensitive patient without shocking.
Now, the current can Dc given so
gradually that the patient is hardly
conscious Of II. and In from -four To-
five minutes the tooth to be operated
upon is so henumhed that 1t can be eX-
caynted, filled, or even taken out with
out the slightest pain ~ the patient.
This epach-maklug and l,encfcent dis.
caTcry he's proved such q s0grt'e 9 &
stimulation to the dental profession
that quite Il number If beautiful id-
aptations Of electricity to daatlstry
have appeared. One Of these is the.
use OF the sinusodsal current. which.
unlike the current ordinarily Used, las
sof.. wave-like impulses. which are
rastful and refreshing. Dentists find
this current great hep 70 them. rs
most patients who nre under It's sootll-
ing Sstiuepse will face any trdihnfy
operation With but little fcar OF Icrr-
ousrrzs Eyvare Eemafrhage of the
gums aftey ~ extraction Is now
stamped by lie application Of the neg
at,yt Gle Of q calvanic current. which
consr coagulatiGn. New develop
,ne, In the implantntion aHd trans
nlantafiou q, teeth hv electricity are
now hei,ls pc tea hy some i'fosF ~
I'VE ,nombcrs 81 ,hr profession. while
others are deyoting the;nS~lfcs 70
hyfrgtEg ont the possibilities OF the
tsaLalnnination Of soft tissue by
means Of the new "cthet'ic light The
fact has never before rcw boon made
public that some time ago Mr.. Tesla
received letter from Il German ply
sician. who stated that not only had
nc killed tile hacilli of tuberculosis by
subjecting them to the Tesla glow
IN his laboratory, but had by the same
agency actually arrested trletetiar
DEVELOPMENTS In the itllnian subject.
This letter, unfortunately, was Burned
In the fire at the laboratory, and Mt
Tesla has never been ahle TO fsud the
writer Of It, Ora Of the most Eaaeful
and hitherto hopeless diseases witl
which the daatist HIS 10 cope Is
'.pysrrhoea alyeoiaris," In which the
teeth gradually laosen III tlte g,tGs,
and at last dres, cut. If efheric light
will kill one ln2cYabe II VIII ;fchah bly,
kill others. and dentists are now ex-
perimeDting in the use of h!giiGr cam
dle-poBcrs and locking forward hnpe
fully 10 5hssng able to purify and sters
ilize the cavity Of the in@sth by light
alone sud 10 ss1Faop cut with a brush
of glowing phCSs every noN-
ioua grfm that lurks within IT, The
Rcesa.gsR rays. too, hayo naturally
opehss a nety as:d Cathode pictures
are zera. 9eiag taken OF the teeth Of
patiesa As the rays pass mere eas-
" sl.sa,Sb hone than through metal,
every biz Of Ola stopping in every part
OF the tooth IA made manifest for the
guidance OF the operator who has n
new patient. The Roentger rays are
also to be passed inside the mouth,
with plstc Gu Gle check, and thus IS
titiH. determinations, pus deposits will
be ahown. and the whole Of the hid
deu pathology OF the teeth and gums
will be revealed.