The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-02-15
Twentieth Century Dentistry

Porcelain as filling material for bad
ly decayed teeth was first introduced
into this city fourteen years ago by DR..
B. c, Cornwell.
Porcelain more nearly resembles the
enamel of the teeth than any tooth fill
ms material ever yet devised. Not less
than twenty-five different tints are made
use of to match the different sbades &c of
color as found in the natural teeth.
\, temperature OF from two to three
thousand degrees Fahrenheit is required
70 fuse the material Of which it is COM
posed.
When ready for the position It is to
occupy, a porcelain filling is placed in the
be a piece of soft waX-not hammered in
as of necessity must be a gold filing
1t is therefore boon to many who
stand in dread of dental operations
An experience OF fifteen years in the
use of this material has demonstrated
that of the many hundreds of teeth fill
ed during that time with porcelain. so
far as known. not in a single instance
has redecay taken place at the margin
Of the cavity-a fact that is at once most
remarkable and gratifying, and this point
persons whose gOld-flled teeth have con-
t1nued to go on to destruction though
having been subject to the most approved
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BY the use Of porcelain, discolored teeth
are beautifully renewed in appearance
Rroken-oT teeth are restored SO per-
II.
teeth are made to appear perfectly in
line without ones being subjected to the
annoyance Of clasps or bands
The nerve. of d tooth filled with porce-
lain, is almost without exception safe
from the effects of thermal changes, such
as hot and cold foods and drinks, whereas
a metallic filling (gold or silver) almost
instantly conducts to the nerve any change
in the normal temperature Of the mouth.
Undeyeloped or rnisshapen teeth. known
as rabbit :; teeth teeth rice teeth peg
In filling teeth with porcelain it is not
REQUIRED 70 place oyer them the disagree
able rpR6fr da Porcelan is chem
fected by any food or drink
1T retains its shape and color Moist
ure of the mouth does not iniure it, and
filing than any other material ever in
use by dentists for filling teeth.
The day for discussion as to its value
or permanency has gone by forever; por-
here to stay; the best and most progress
SiVe dentists in the chief cities of the world
the rank and file of the profession, in
response to the commencing and now
rapidly increasing popular demand for this
work will soon come trooping along after
the up-to-date men. and doubtless have
any number of reasons to hand out hot
off the griddle. for their failure to rec
ognize porcelain filling as a meritorious
work, when years before it was advocat-
ed by the pioneers in the method.
Art in dentistry aptly applies to porce-
lain work, as it relates to the restoration
of. defective teeth causing them to appear
natural as in the past.
Owing to the operative skill required,
1t can never be offered to the public by
the Cheap dentist" From his long
familiarity with the manipulation Of
porcelain, and as it is well known, con-
the requirement of particular skill in
any line of work, DIR. Cornwell has little
hesitation in stating that his mistakes in
made made and Therefore Offers his Services vices
as an expert in this method of tooth
preservation. DIR. Cornwell endeavors to
practice dentistry in a manner that will
that reason, if no other. is prevented from
offering S. 90 plates CT soc filings.
His offices are 410-412 Chamber of Com
merce Building. Corner Robert and Sixth
streets.