Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-09
BEST TEETH IN THE WORLD
Stunning olaims Made for the orsp ersvn
in the United States.
PRETTY MoUrHrULs OF SNOWY sRlNDtss
They Flash n White American Smile
Around the WorId-Mission of
the Tooth Brush Neglected
AmOng Foreigners.


Among Foreigners.
That Americans are blessed with the
finest, whitest and best cared for teeth Of
any race In the world the observant globe
trotter stands ready to testify. From the
negro porter who takes your bag at the
hotel entrance to the leader OF fashion who
gives you a cup Of tea in her Louis XVI
drawing room that flashing white American
smile is one Of the most distinct and de-
lightful impression made on the returned
native or the visiting foreigner. There Is no
doubt about 1t that those stunning rows
Of even, snowy, we'll cared for teeth give
the whole nation an aspect OF physical
vigor, cleanliness and charm that is pain
fully lacking in Europe. for instance.
Wander a year or two about the old
world and you will grow almost accustomed
to the general appalling neglect, not only Of
dental surgery, but Of all simple, common
precautions for the preservation Of the
teeth. In England, Of all the other coun-
tries, this wholesale disregard for personal
comfort, health and appearance is most
painfully glazing. Among well bred and
vell-to-do folk It is the rule and not the
exception to see children permitted to grow
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Of a tooth brush. English men and women
who regard their bath as a religious duty
and tidy dress as the badge Of common
decency will be more exercised over the kesp-
ing I'D OF their back fences than the nice
condition Of their front teeth. Children who
are born with 'malformed jaws are allowed
to grow up with this disagreement, which
a little care could easily have corrected,
and II Is not in the least uncomml IN 20 see
men and women Of rs all but toothless or
enduring the trials of complete and clumsy
sets OF felse worries.
whether 1t is the result Of prodigious
consumption Of sweets or the consequences
Of neglect through generations, the Eng
lishman's teeth are evidently OF ar in
ferior quality, color and shape, while the
American passion for diets and for dentists
has probably resulted in teeth which for
quality and beauty are simply unequaled
anywhere else.
American Dentists.
OF course a good deal Of the credit is
due the dentists who are world famous. So
skillful indeed, that 1t is no uncommon
thing to meet aboard a swift w~esternbound
ship Americans whose homes are estab-
/ lished abroad, but who run over once in a
while to have some we'll known doctor of
dentistry look over their mouths. The
dyed-in-the-wool Anglomaniac or the con-
vert to Partisan life all agree that there
are no trustworthy dentists outside the
United States and they will also aver that
the American abroad is not now SO easily
Identified by his or her accent as by the
beautiful teeth that a smile will reveal.
The abilities of our dentists have not
been slow. however, to work an influence
on the minds Of our English brethren.
The American wives Of English husbands
have given the tooth brush a boom
throughout the United Kingdom by en-
forcing its scrupulous exercise in their
nurseries, and in London society the com
mon excuse for a trip to the states is 'tC
have one Of those capital Yankee dentists
run over my molars, don't you know"
The Art Of Restoration.
What really seems to have conquered
all foreign prejudice In favor Of the Yam
kee methods is the ability with which the
expert in the profession can build a fairly
presentable front row out Of the wrecks
Of long neglect or the poorest material
Today, in fact, nothing is impossible to ti'
American dentist short Of making new
teeth grow in the jaw of an adult. In thu
minds Of some enthusiasts there is a BELIEF
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miracle will be performed, SO great hav
been the wonder worked by specialists.
1t is the specialist who is all supreme
in dentistry; and the one over whose
skilled hands more hot tears of homes
gratitude and admiration are dropped Il
the genius who Yields the forceps. In the
good old days any village blacksmith oil
kindly horse doctor would pull a tooth and
was often called upon to exercise his mus
Gle. Today It is not an uncommon thins
for a consultation to be first held over a
MORALLY injured molar before its eviction
Is decided upon, and then, when the sad
news is conveyed that the sufferer must
have 1t out, the family dentist sends the
patient to a surgeon dentist. whose BUSH
ness is exclusively that Of pulling teeth.
He is always a specialist OF. profound
knowledge and exquisite skill. aided in his
operations by an assistant. and guaranteed
to do the business with dispatch and almost
without pain. No cruel decorations, abortive
efforts, dangerous bleeding or exquisite
pain accompanies the deft operation Of this
man Of science and experience. The
patient is treated with all the consid-
Grafton and precautions of one about Il
lose a limb. and when the tooth is lifted
out 1t is lone 80 swiftly, so painlessly and
so tidily that sometimes peculiar demonstra-
ton is necessary in order to convince the
patient that the inevitable has happened.
Dentists Direct Diets.
What. after all, the expert family dentist
does these days is to watch and clean the
teeth, I'LL cavities, direct the diet and
prevent encroachment Of disease. His CHIEF
care is to guard against the inroads Of uric
acid in the system and when a govt infected
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tor whose speciality is the treatment OF
lockulosis. The specialist, in this dys-
peptic age, has SO advanced IN the treat
ment OF this disease. which attacks with a
sandy deposit the base OF the tooth and
eventually loosens the sound white molars.
that he is now able with exquisite little in
struments to scrape the base Of the teeth