The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-22
PROGRESS IN DENIAL SCIENCE
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKiN.

erations OF the dav is the growing OF ma
tural teeth into the gums where others
have been extracted The idea Is hot eIl-
ureiy new. bur il is only ID recent year :
that it has proven successful i ne loo-ii
acquires all the firmness and rightly OF
the original. and itsis proof against aches
The use Of porcelain filings has also met
with favor wherever tried. ana IL Is
thought they viii become the tHlhs OF
the future. Germany produces a sort OF
cement that becomes as hard as aualIiaIll
when properly prepared. IL IS PosslDie 70
so color this as to make il exactly match
the tooth to be filled 10 can be prepaI ed
like the gold inlay filling. and then put
into the tooth. With this the filling OF
teeth viii be more or less invisible
But even with this the dentist Is not
entirely satisfied. What he is looking
for Is a nOu-metal plastic mineral SUD
stance which can be used like the ordl-
nary dmalgam, but which viii not give
the unsightlv appearance of amaigam
filling Many a dentist has sought early
and late and long for this ideal filling.
but as vet the effort has been like the
quest for St BrandOns Isle or the chas-
ing Of the viii O. the Wisp.
Artificial teeth came 10 as from France.
Eut il g declared that the American den
lists can make more slightly. comfortable
and durable teeth than the Frenchmen-
With all their progress the best of the
dentists sometimes sit at the feet OF their
patients and learn things. Some years
ago an eminent dentist prepared q plate
AOi - itAfCAt- MS 4laAftflA AicN a wa
sensitive GOT IN his mouth. and the sue
ton Of the plate gave him violent retcli-
ingS. He put salt on the plate TOT the
purpose of rendering its presence more
toiera BILE and his dentist. who was also
a professor of dentistry In the dental
department of a state university. has used
the idea i'm his lectures ever since.
The calling of the dentist is one largely
made ueccs sarT by civilization. The ma
tives Of Africa never need dentist so
long as they DO not adopt the superior
civilization of the white race. one of the
best evidences of what modern ciVillza-
ton will do for the teeth is to be had in
the case of the American negro and the
Indian. The one i'm slavery and the other
in his savage state never knew such
thing as the tOOthache. Now the gold
crown, the bridge work and the filing
ali tell OF the ruin being wrought to
their teeth by the things they eat under
their changed surroundings. As the lnfu-
sion Of white blood i'm tire VEINS OF these
two races becomes more marked. 1t tells
even more quickly on the teeth than on
the skin
Man is about the only animal that needs
a dentist. az least on the sunny side of
the prime Of life. The dog and the cat,
the horse, the COW, every animal with
which We are familiar. lose their teeth,
if at all, In very old age. But with the
man the road TO the dental chair has 70
be Travelled earlier by each genera ton
than BY its predecessor. Some scientist
look to the time when man viii be COM
pletely emancipsted from the pangs OF
complaining teeth. They declare the reed
of the dentist to be a blot on civil. IA
ton. and that some time in the great.
golden future man will learn to adjust his
tastes to the needs Of his teeth.
Perhaps the most remarkable of all the
evidences Of dental skill is that of cnang-
ing the contour of the face Who has
not seen the person with the protruding
upper teeth or the one with the retreat
ing chin? Modern dentistry comes along
now with a cure for those detractiOns
from personal beauty. More often than
not il Is the child who sucks his thumb
that has the prOtruding upper teeth Ii
all depends on the angle at which he
holds his thumb-or his fingers BY
system of carefully constructed metal
bands the dentist is able to force the
teeth back into normal position. and thus
transform the mouth from one Of unDl9as-
ant expression into one with lips TO match
q cupid bow. No patent medicine ad
vertisement with a before and after"
ilIustrs ton. ever showed a more crafty
ing transformation than the dentist is
able to show with the retreatng chin.
The leaders Of the dental profession Will
unhesitatiugtv declare that though dem
tistry as a profession I'm America has
made great strides in the three score and
ten wears of its existence, strides that
have made it set the pace for the whole
world. it is yet i'm its infancy as regards
its progress. and that the years to come
will bring greater results than ever We're
brought before. But they cOnCede that
the greatest results Of all viii be the
awakening Of people to a proper under
standing of the necessity OF caring for
their teeth, starting when they are chill
dren.
(Copyright. 1903. by Frederic j. HaskinJ
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