Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-07-21
MAINE DENTAL SOCIETY
Enjoying seth Annual Meeting in the
Queen City.

Bangor. Me-, July 2O.-The 39th an
nal meeting of the Maine Dental So
ciety opened in the lecture room at the
Y. NJ. c. A. building, Tuesday evening.
large number of prominent dentists
from all over Maine were in attend
ance at the opening session: During
the evening considerable business of
interest to members of the society was
transacted and DR.. Fred f. Maxfield of
this city. president of the siciety, de-
livered the opening address of welcome.
Wednesdays sessions were largely at
tended, there being upwards of 100
there at both meetings.
On Tuesday evening various commit
tees submitted their reports. DIR. Rob-
erts read his report on the "Eenforce-
ment of the Dental Law" and followed
this with his report as treasurer of the
society. Nominations of officers for
the ensuing year were referred to a
committee which will probably report
at Wednesday nights session. The
election of new members will take
place at some subsequent meeting.
A communication from the California
Dental Society was read referring to
the effort to have regularly appointed
dental surgeons in the United States
army. Congress on Feb 2, 1901. au-
thOriZed the appointment of a contract
corps of dental surgeons to be attached
to the medical department of the Unit
ed States army. The resolve on the act
was as follows: That this association
most respectfully requests the honor
able secretary of war to recommend to
Congress at it's next session, the pas
sage of a bill creating commissioned
corps of dental surgeons to be attached
to the medical department in numbers
adequate to the present needs of the
service. with the following grades, viz:
First lieutenant, captain, major and
lieutenant colonel. with pay allowances,
promotion and retirement of officers
of like grade in the medical depart
ment."
1t was voted to lay the matter on the
table, after some discussion among the
members.
The visiting dentists were on hand
bright and early. Wednesday morning.
and the session was called to order on
scheduled time by President Maxfield.
The selection Of Portland as the next
place of meeting was the only business
transacted at the morning session. a
few remarks on dental repair work.
by DR.. William McDavid of Augusta
was the first number on the program.
This was followed by a paper on gold
and Amalgam filling with cement lin
ing. delivered by DR.. George Z. Dow
of Portland. The third and last paper
was read by DR.. Edgar o. Kinsman of
Cambridge, Mass, who had for his sub
ject, Adverse Criticism. plea for
more careful manipulation. All of the
pa pers were intensely interesting to the
visiting dentists and were particularly
well delivered by their writer's.
At the afternoon session, Fred A.
Peeso of Philadelphia. read highly in
teresting paper on this subject, Talk
and Table Clinic on Different Styles of
Removable Bridge Work.: also Differ
ent Forms of Abutments Of Attach
ments That Can be Used for. This
Work" The talk on Dental Ceranics'
by DIR. n. S. Jenkins of Dresden, Ger
many. was omitted. owing to DR.. Jen-
kins' unavoidable absence from the
meeting Instead. DR.. Capon held cli-
mic on porcelain inlay.
The number of exhibitors in attend
ance, Tuesday, was increased, Wednes-
day, by the arrival of several represent
tatives from well-known manufactur-
ing firms. Nearly all the available floor
space on the first floor of the building
is now occupied by the exhibitors.
The program for Wednesday evening,
in addition to the business matters to
come up for discussion. will include a
paper on Science Of Nitrous Anaes-
thesia," by DIR. E. J. Roberts Of Au-