Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-11-25
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DENTISTS FOR HORSES.
How Operation of scrapiug and Fill
ing "a Moiar Is PerfoT med,

ing "a MoIar Is Performed.
Ii is only within the last three years
that the dentist has come to give the
horse serious attention. AS yet there
are but one or two thoroughly qualified
horse dentists in New York City. and
they are kept surprisingly busy the
year round.
II is interesting to watch an opera
ton In equine dentistry. A reporter
containing a string of valuable horses
owned by a wealthy New Yorker
One of the animals. a polo pony, was
suffering from bad molar, and It was
about TO be operated upon She was
put in a box stall. and a table, on
which were a glittering array of dental
instruments. was placed in a eonve.
nlent position by two gro0ns. The
dentist, a st0ckily built man. appeared
in a thin white canvas coat. He
picked up one of the Instruments. 1t
had an ivory handle and four small
bars OF nickel. working on a ratchet
and crossing one another so as to form
hollow square that could be made
large or small by the turning of a
screw
This instrument the dentist called n
speculnm Setting 1t 10 the proper
size, he slipped 1t gently into the ami
mails mouth, which was kept partly
open meantime by the efforts of a
groom, until the instrument fitted upon
the back teeth and thus opened her
mouth as wide as it was possible
The groom now took hold of the han
die Of the speculum with one hand and
the mares tongue with the other, en-.
abling the dentist 10 get a full view
OF the damaged tooth. After examln-
Ing 1t carefully he found that splin-
ter would have to come of Taking
up a cutter. sclssor-shaped insdu-
ment two feet long. and with sawlike
edges, he applied it TO the tooth and
by a quick movement snapped off the
offending splinter
Among the display OF kel-plated
dental tools on the table was an cleo
tric battery buzzing away. To one
Of its wires the dentist fixed Gminu-
tive drill Instantly there was a burr
upon the end of the drill as It began
to reyolv' by the currents force with
the rapidity of n circular saw. Quick.
" the dentist applied the drill L, The
damaged molar, aud with buzzing,
grinding sound It bored it's way
through the enamel
After removing the drill the DENTS.
took up a syringe. through which hot
air was blown into the tooth. thor
oughly cleansing IT, A small piece of
gold was then placed IN the cavity by
forceps This malleahle metal the
| surgeon pounded tightly into the sock
ct. adding more and more OF the gold
as he hammered and nodded It. until
finally the toc-h had rcgaiued It's orig
| lnal size and shape.
The operation lasted barely an hour.
| The speculum was removed by the
| groom and the mare was given n
bucket OF water. which 1t drank up
! grcedily, and afterward ate a hearty
meal The animal suffered no pain.
| hiNN%t Nut ttAe Nl4tFAIoA II FeNtA intSl
perfectly still; II seemed to know that
something was being done for It's bcne.
fit
The mare had had the tooth broken
aecidently in the field by blow from
a polo club. The splinter that remain.
Ell cut her mouth and the pain pre-
vented her from eating.
Aluminium and amalgam. rs we'll as
gold, are used in the filling and crown.
ing ec horses teeth ThN fee charged
varies anywhere from 81 to Sta5.
Where gold IS used 1t Is. OF course.
the most expensive item In the opera
ton. for the back tooth of an equine
measures an inch broad and thrco
inches long. and it requires, therefore.
a large quantity of the valuable metal
10 all up these moiars.-New York
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