The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
THE SHADES OF FALSE TEETH.
A Dentist Must Have a Good Eye for
Color to Equip His Customers
Properly.

From the New York Times.
Talk about the dry goods clerk and his
samples to MATCH said the D. D. s., as
he looked lovingly over little dish of fine
porcelains that were to figure some time
as natural as life" as accessories to some
ones dental outfit, why, the dry goods
clerk isn't In it with the dentist. No one
seems to realize it, but one of the first
requisites of good dentist is an eve for
color. Talk about color blindness! Any
one might tell blue from scarlet. but when
1t comes to detecting the difference In
shades of white, it takes a man with dis
eliminating eye.
Pretty nearly every one has teeth of A.
different shade. You can neither take your
samples 10 the new ones to be matched nor
send them off to a factory, and when YOU
come to think that with all this variety in
the human teeth there is a great variety
In the porcelain article that is to take the
place of a missing grinder, you will see
something of the trouble dentist has and
his need of an eye for color.
DO people of different compilations have
teeth of different color? Well, yes, 1 sup
pose they do, and that there are blonde
teeth and brunette, and red-haired teeth.
and all the rest. For myself, 1 don't know
them and I couldn't pick out a blonde
tooth from a brunette tooth to save nv
professional reputation, if they were not
IN the heads TO which they belong, though
l do consider that L know something about
and have a better eye for color than the
professional ribbon clerk
when l took my examinations they
asked me what should do in regard to the
color of teeth-what shades such and such
people should wear. why, 1 should match
the other teeth 1 answered
Well now they went on-this was
to be stickler I suppose-'what would
you do If a person should come to YOU
without tooth? You wouldn't have any
thing to match.
=" Certainly not" I replied, but I should
try different colors and see which was the
most suitable, being sure in an old person
that they were not too light
That settled that matter. A dentist has
to be as particular in fitting his customers
TO teeth to get a becoming color as the
dressmaker is in getting a gown, and more
so; for the gown wiz not last as long as
the teeth or have as much effect upon
the wearers looks.
you hear people speak sometimes about
how white colored mans teeth are Wen
that is where they are in error A colored
man has no whittier teeth than the white
man, but they look lighter because of his
complexion. You would probably say, too
that the teeth Of brunette were whittier
than those of a blonde, but 1t Is simply a
matter Of contrast. Notice some of your
friends, and in summer, when they are
well Drowned by exposure to the sun.
There was one kind of false teeth they
used some time ago that Il was not neces-
sary to match. That was when the prac-
tice Of implantng teeth was In vogue.
was little conservative and skeptical
myself and never fried t. II was done
by drilling a hole into the bone after the
gum had healed, where a tooth had been
taken and a real tooth was put In, and IN
time grew and became a part Of the indl-
vlduaL They did not last very long, how
ever never knew one TO last longer than
seven years, and IL was not worth the trou
bic. But Ia those teeth II made no differ