The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-10
WEALTH IN TEETH,
A Good Safe Security
for Your Surplus
Gold.
WHAT LOCAL DENTISTS SAY.
Worcester Men Wearing a
Great Golden
Smile.
WHAT LOCAL DENTISTS SAY.

VI many an orator it has been said
that his mouth is his fortune" but if
local dentists are to be believed, there
are scores of people living within the
city limits who have gold in their teeth
Of greater intrinsic value than that rep
resented by the coin in their pockets.
One local dentist recently ushered a
Spy man through his laboratory That
was interesting enough, but the part
that interests everyone except the I'M
fortunate man who receives the bill,
came when the same dentist privately
exhibited the book which gives a fair
idea of the price he is rated at by the
dentist who has plugged his teeth full
of gold.
The Spy man made no agreement
with the knight of the cold steel to act
as assistant bill collector so there is
no need of mentioning any names, but
the bill which the dentist has made out
Tor presentation calls for the payment
of $l26 for professional services during
the month of August" To the report
er this seemed an exorbitant amount to
be expended on a mans teeth, but the
dentist only smiled and said: Yes,
that IS quite a sum, but the bill isn't
paid yet"
There is a deal of satisfaction in be-
ing able to laugh at the slightest at
tempt at joke or pun and exhibit a
mouth trimming with gold specks.
And, by the way, did you ever notice
that the man who is glum is the one
whose mouth is not ornamented by this
dental exhibit, and the jolly fellow is
invariably the man who has fine teeth
or has drawn upon a purse and got his
mouth stuffed with gold?
The cost of maintaining gold-filled
set of teeth is something enormous
Gold crowns cost in the neighborhood
Of IS, If medium-sized, and larger ones
in proportion Local dentists are shy
when 1t comes to giving out pointers
on who their best customers are. Some
of the figures would stagger the man
who has made weekly visits to his den
fist for the sake of getting fixed UP so
far as outward appearance goes. For
the actual saving of the teeth, filling
does much; but gold in large quantities
is not needed.
Mgr. Thomas Griffin has never been
known to make any display of his we'll
cared for teeth, but a fair estimate on
the worth of gold used in filling is
placed at $500. Mgr. Griffin must have
had the filling done for preservation
alone, for hundreds of people might
converse with him and never discover
the miniature display of gold. When
Mgr. Griffin smiles, the gold-tipped
teeth are prominent, but they are never
vulgarly displayed, and the solidity of
the gold adds to the dignity of his con-
tour
There are hundreds of men and wo-
men in Worcester who spend more
money on their teeth than dress, and
several ? rent business men are
saidito has .l0red in their mouths gold
enough to make the possessor of an
equal amount in coin happy for several
weeks. r. c. Taylor has not spared his
dollars in visiting his favorite dentist,
and the result is that the hard working
inaEcier has gold enough in his teeth,
although most of it is hidden from
view, to make dazzling display if ex-
hibited in a jewelry store window
Men are modest when it comes to tell
ing about their Expenditures for dem
lists work, Nothing improves the APP
pearance of a man more than fine set
of teeth. Store" teeth are not half bad
when they become a necessity, but from
choice, natures own grinders, molars
and general chewing equipment out
shines the crockery known as false OF
store teeth 1t is possible to have full
set Of teeth upper and lower jaws, for
less than $40, but that amount spent in
improving natural teeth by gold filing
wouldn't amount to much
The cost of filling a small cavity var
les with the price of gold and the dem
fist to whom the job is entrusted. For
curiosity's sake, The Spy man visited
several dentists on a recent afternoon.
In every office where the dentist or
operator in charge could be cornered.
a price list was had. In one of the
larger offices, the prices of small gold
filings varied from IS to $15, accord
ing to the time taken in filing" In
another highly respectable establish
ment the proprietor said that a small
filing would cost from SO to &c. Repu-
tation counts for more than anything
else IN dentists bill If the man to
whom you go with a tale of woe and
hard luck to get teeth filed, be com
paratively obscure, however skilful, the
chances are ten to one that you get as
good work done at a lower rate than
that charged by the man with the rep
utatlon Of doing all of Mr.. So and Sos
work.
Women are very vain in the selection
of filing for the teeth. One woman has
spent more than $500 during the past
year in e. local Office and contemplates
adding to her facial beauty by having
more gold plugged in her front teeth.
When a woman has gold filling put in
her teeth the first thing she does when
she reaches home, is to study herself in
the mirror, If she was foolish enough to
nave gold filling in side teeth, it proves
to be not such foolish investment after
all, for clever woman can always be-
come such an adept in facial expression
That it is an easy matter to have other
wise hidden teeth displayed very pro-
minently in a carefully prepared smile
One local dentist made the statement
that cheap preparations for cleaning the
teeth are causing the younger people to
have poorer teeth than their ancestors
The wise dentist never protests against
a customer using all kinds of cheap
brands of cleaning powders and paste
II means dollars in his pocket in the
end, for the user soon finds the teeth be-
coming decayed or the enamel being
scraped off.
All the filings which dentists have
discovered as substitutes, the old re-
liable gold always displaces in popular
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