Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-02

place of the baby molars and appear
between the ages Of ten and twelve
| Years. The second permanent molars
appear at or about the age Of twelve.
The cupids, eye or stomach teeth, APP
pea, usually between twelve and four
teen aears Of age. The third molars
or wisdom teeth appear at from seven
teen to twenty-five. The eruption OF
the wisdom teeth, particularly the
lower, is frequently attended with
much pain and annoyance. A com
mendable plan is. to consult Compel
tent dentist for relief.
Since we are now familiar With the
time and conditions attendant with the
eruption of all OF the teeth and also OF
the necessity of cleanliness ane advis-
ability of frequent examinations OF
them by competent dentist, let us
consider further so as to determine
what can be done wher our teeth are
de cay and it becomes necessary to
fill or crown them Of course the first
thing that confronts a majority OF pa
tients is as to the pain of the operation.
| However the pain ban be very greatly
lessened and in fact SO muchj SO ,as to
be able to convert the word ''pain" in
to painless, providing the dentist ex-
ercises the necessary patience in the
kind treatment of the patient, the eau
tious use of the instruments and the
knowledge that the instruments are
sharp. And now as to the filling Of
the teeth as well as she price paid for
them. Has it ever occurred to you
that an attempt at cutting prices to
about twenty-five cents to the filing,
merely to compete With a fellow dent
list. means also cheaper grade of
workmanship as we'll as material. and
in the end YOU are paying twice as
much for inferior work? Have you
ever had two amalgam (silver) Filings
placed in molar or bi-cuspid tooth on
the grinding surface about one tenth
of an iech from each other and charg
ed that twenty-five cents less, where
| they should have been cut into one
cavity and charged but one dollar for
it? If SO, you were paying more mon
ey for inferior work and yet you were
told that you were getting cheap work
You certainly were getting sheap work,
but it was not corresponding cheap
price. The surfpce between these two
4llings afforcs an excellent nest for
germs to thrive in and virtually you
will have another cheap filing to be
inserted. Which is the cheaper? Did
you ever have an amalgram filing
| placed in a tooth where the cavitJ was
opposite an adjoining tooth (between
the teeth) and where you certain that
this amalgram was built out so as to
rest gently against the adjoining tooth
so as TO conform with the laws of nat
ure? Or were you told that that would
be wedging the filling in? And after
this filing had been inserted were you
| asked to return after the material was
set (hard) in order to have it nicely
polished? If not, you would have
been.b better off without the filling for
in that condition the edge of the filling
for in that condition the edge of vhe
| filing all around and particularly at
the Sum line, would have a shoulder
which would cgtch all the food and af
/ ford anothsr beautiful chance to decay
and also have the gum in an irritated
condition, caused from food crowding
aud remaining adjacent to it. Have
you had filings of gold Inserted for
that twenty-five cents less and did you
know the amount OF gold required,
how we'll condensed (packedD it was
and if all of the decay and weak f"ail
walls were removed? And was the
gold built out to gently come in con-
tact with the adjoinicg tooth at spot
near enough the cutting edge SO as to
preserve a Y shaped space between
the teeth toward the teeth toward the
gum SO as to be self-cleansingP Or
were you told that that would be wedg-
in the filing? In this case, as also
the amalgam, the filling was doubtless
left fiat without any pretense to artis-
tic work Comments well founded
can be made of all OF the other classes
of dental work in exactly the same
conditions above referred to, but it
does not seem necessary.
In conclusion let us state that this
article was not written with the view