The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-06

! Each of these persons has expressed
properly Interested 1t must be evident
| to all that if the fact that work of this
| description being possible is to be given
! the widest publicity no medium is so far
| reaching as well circulated newspaper,
| which fact will account for calling at
| tention to the process in the columns OF
! this paper.
Dr. Cornwell is the first dentist in the
world to direct attention to the important
| clinical fact announcement made six
years since) that cavities in teeth filled
| with porcelain do not subsequently decay
| around the edges of the filing: This as
sertion having been published by him
when first made, ne stands ready to make
public acknowledgment equal to the pres
ent if through any other source, in dental
shown that a similar statement antedates
his own. He further guarantees to back
| up this statement by agreeing to replace
Tears after Insertion amy ANY a ng WheTe
such decay may be found-this offer is
also retroactive. When next your dem
fist inserts gold or alloy filing ina tIrs
point. The best men in the profession
(outside of st. Paul. now acknowledge
the superiority of porcelain as tooth
saver, and especially so where the tooth
substance is chalky or brittle.
Porcelain Is not offered as a cheap
method of filing teeth, therefore it will
not appeal to those looking for cheap
referring to the artistic and tooth saw
ing value of porcelain, what is said by
few of the many dentists IN other parts
employing it in their practice is here
Dr.. N. S. Jenkins. Court Dentist. Ores
den, Germany, says of porcelain filings:
they preserving the teeth much
better than the average gold filings.
DR.. S. G. Perry. of New York city, says:
s'When we consider the question of porce-
lain as applied to the human teeth we
are truly within the realm of arr" DR..
Jarvie says, referring to the tooth saw
gold or amalgam filings, that where
metal is used for filing teeth there is
always a possibility of galyanic action.
and there may pc destruction 1;4, OF toodn
lain such a condition would not exist"
DR.. r. Ottolengui says: Porcelain
promises to occupy henceforth proml-
fist. Porcelain therefore is to be
counted not merely as beautlher; put
likewise saver of teeth.and indeed Is q
most most require salvation" DR.. W. S.
Capon, Philadelphia, says, referring to
the great dental convention held last
year in Chicago: "Over two thousand four
hundred practicing dentists were present
and it is safe to infer that fully two
thirds of that number were there pri-
Fifteen years ago porcelain as a filling
material was not given the slightest at
tention. The profession at large (now)
accepts what was generally condemned
some by conviction, but many by the
force of the fact that others do it and
they must get in line" DR.. W. It. Reeves,
Of Chicago, before the State Dental So
ciety of Pennsylvania: Clinical facts
have demonstrated beyond all controver-
sy that porcelain is par excellence as
filing material; it has won its
place against stubborn conservatism,
opposition has been SO per-
sistent and long drawn out because
the opposers could not do the work. They
are about at their last ditch framing ex-
cuses to their patients why they do not
put in porcelain filings"
The dentists above quoted are classed
among the leaders of the dental pro-
fession, while the names Of over. I'VE
hundred others in various parts OF the
United States can be referred to, that
are making daily use Of porcelain, and
are advocates of it's value.
DR.. CornwelPs Office and laboratory Is
located in the center of the retail business
district at 410-412 Chamber of Commerce
Building, corner of Robert and Sixth
streets, where all operations related to
the filing of teeth with porcelain are per-
formed by himself PERSONAL---VERY. students
or other assistants for this work being
employed.