The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-10

your is about the first thing a woman
says when she. climbs into the dentists
chair" remarked one Of the profession,
a. he closed the door after his last pa
tent.
Young dentists, who have only COM
menced to make name and fortune for
| themselves, find it particularly trying 90
be appealed to in such manner, but Old
er and more experienced men, like myself,
are used TO it, and have long ago learned
10 steel their hearts.
THE time was when dentists all bore
the reputation Of being cruel in order 10
be kind, but that day has passed ana
the modern dentist has so many improved
instrumen ts, methods and means Of using
drugs that he can with safety assert thai
il IS possible TO fill teeth with very Iittle
pain. The majority of people, however,
seem unaware Of these new appliances,
ana the oidtime dentist has done so much
damage with his pulling and cutting that
II VIII take some years TO fully restore
the pubics confidence.
come dentists, especially young ones,
make a fearful mistake In telling their
patients that the tooth about TO be filed
wan give them absolutely no pain; then
THESE fellows 20 ahead and fuss around
with their instruments, regardlessly, with
the result that the patient loses compete
confidence in the operator. Again, other
dentists make just the opposite error Of
pelns entirely too frank. Re diplomatic:
tnat Is my advice to beginners. If the
patent Is a woman, and extremely nerv-
GUS use everything in your power to re-
store her confidence in you, and TO make
her overcome her fea1A
know a young dentist in town who
lost a good patient just by a natural nro-
penslty for eXaggerating the truth.
He told this patient-a young lady who
had discovered tiny cavity in her front
tooth-that to ill that particular tooth
Would De extremely painful, and he adj
Vlssq her TO wait a while before having
II attended to.
seeing that the dentist dreaded the on
Grafton the young woman dreaded Il.
'One day, when accompanying friend
at my office she asked me to examine
neF teeth' and then she told me what her
dentist had said
laugned. 1t will be absolutely pain
iess' SAID with the exception of put-
tlhs on a clamp to hold up the gum ana
caine' 'e CO.
Doctor she said jokiugly. I'm afraid
SON iou Ten untruths with such an
'lt OF assurance that l fear you as much
uo tne other dentist. 1 just know
you must be one of those suave gentle
men I've heard my girl friends len about
VINO wins ones confidence, and then over
Steps the privilege by nearly killing one
earnestly asserted that l was stating
.ile pam facts In the case, and SO. nor
knowing what to believe she came to me
ana was SO nervous that, although the
weather was quite cold, the preparation
stood out on her face.
rather Enjoyed the Sensation.
AS l continued in my work. she gained
confidence and by the time 1 had finished
that tooth, and it only took me an bour
she was ready to let me fin every tooth IN
her head had it been necessary
Women are more nervous about their
teeth than men. aren't they, doctor?''
Well no. l cannot say that. You see
TINS nervousness is all matter of tenn
permanent, anyhow. Some men are more
nervous than women, and such men give
the dentist a great deal of trouble. for
they start and moan, and groan at every
touch of the instrument, whether they
hurt or not. The nervous patient consid-
trs II his duty 10 be on the constant
watch for pain If he thinks he will be
hurt, he gets ready for it,
Gen. Williams of Kentucky was
splendid example of the nervous tenner-
ament and he was very difficult to man
age on account of his constant appreheu-
sion of pain. He was as nervous as any
woman that ever lived.
Gen Logan, on the other hand. was of
a bilious temperament, and l could cut
and grind away all day and he would
never utter a sound
There is everything in temperament
ana l can invariably tell a persons tenn
permanent by one glance at the arrange
ment of his teeth and the arch of the
roof OF his mouth. If l were to draw
a sketch of the arrangement of the teeth
of person possessing the bilious tenpera-
ment, the plan would be a square one
whereas, with nervous person 1t would
| be decidedly arched The sanguine tenn
| permanent would show it as perfectly
| round, and the Emphatic, any way at all
so you see the dentist that knows his
! business first judges his patient by the
arrangement of the teeth, and so operates
accordingly. He could safely promise no
! pain to his patient of the bilious temper-
ament, whereas he would better say moth
ing at all when il came to the nervous
person.
THE dentists greatest trial is the moth
er who is nervous about her child, and
brings the child to the Office trembling
| with fear. If mothers knew how much
| trouble they caused by their warnings
and mysterious hints about the dentist be-
ing mean man. etc, they would stop
| such nonsense.
Il have had few chidren-a very few
| 1 may say-who have come to me with
! the idea that / intended doing them a val
| liable service instead of making a strong
| effort 10 give them all the pain possible
| These children were a source of pleasure
to me. l liked TO work upon their teeth.
! They did not jump at the slightest touch
nor cry out when such a thing was entire
| ly unnecessary.
mot long ago a mother brought her
| little girl 10 me and jokingly said as she
winked her eye; Now. you won't hurt
| her. doctor, win your
The joke was too cruelty apparent,
| and the child seemed possessed of great
| deal of spirit for she expressed her
wounded feelings by walking up TO her
mother and giving her a hard slap on her
| face.
Fads i'm Gold Filling.
Not very lovely thing to do, and that