The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1909-01-21
DEN lists ADVISED
TO D0lDYERTIS|AG
ETHICS or PROFESSION HARD
HIT BY PRES. VANCE.
URGES END OF SOUTHEASTERN
Says he Believes the Territory EN-
braced in Society Could be Bet
ter Cared For in District
Convention.

DR.. w. w. Vance, Of ottumwa
president OF the Southeastern Iowa
Dental Society, in his annual address
to the convention assembled in Os-
kaloosa yesterday afternoon, created
little less than sensation. He took
advanced ground upon several ques
tons and his stand was generally
approved by those who heard him.
He assumed no uncertain position
upon several professional questions,
he advocated the disbanding of the
Southeastern Iowa Society and took
new ground upon the subject of ad
yertising as affecting the business end
of the profession. The address OF
the president follows:
Ladies and gentlemen: before
the Congress Of the united States con
yenes, the President prepares a mes
sage 10 congress setting forth his
views on various civic and other mat
tiers of Importance which in his judg
ment should receive attention at the
hands of the highest legislative body
of the land. I suppose in imitation OF
this time-honored and momentus
custom, it has been Imposed upon the
presidents OF dental societies to make
an address or message to the. den
fists composing tile society, OF Which
he is the presiding officer. But 20
my mind this is an entirely useless
| Tin most instances. and this is no ex-
ception expenditure of valuable
time. We do not have many ques
tons which are Of the nature to have
special mention made of them for the
purpose of bringing them before the
assemblage for consideration, because
we are not Legislative body, but
rather a scientific corps OF workers
and our deliberations are, or ought
10 be. Of a scientinc and technical
4 charaeter eonsequ sntly lFes
dent has no special call to foist any
| pet theories under the head OF
presidents address Anyway, wish
addresses might be wlolly eliminated
when am president, and expect you
will wish the same before this paper
| is finished s
Five years ago about this time,
| this society held its first clinical meet
ing in Ottumwa, and we have had
good meetings annually ever since,
and this the sixth promises TO be up
to the standard. half a decade some
times witnesses marked changes and
in this early part of the twentieth CEN
| fury when everything is keenly alive
| IN pro0rasc and IN, ,,ro.,.,,,a,,f a. tbn
order of the day, dentistry is not be-
hind in progress, Improvement and
achievement At the time this socie.
| ty was organized he porcelain inlay
was at its zenith. inquiry and in
vestigation from those who had not
| already become experts in it's use,
was very keen. Interest in dental
meetings was easily excited. Since
then we have Witnessed the failures,
week places and disappointments in
what promised to be most beautl
full operations. s.. WITH
This is but the result of the test Of
time and has but emphasized the ne
cessity of. caution in the selection Of
cases suitable for operations in pro
celain restoration. Our disappoint
ments in that line had the comfoct
| ing result OF demonstrating the pre-
serving effect of cement Innings, for
all kinds of filings, the teaching OF
| more thorough cavity preparation
strengthened our faith in the inlay
principle and clinched the proposition
| of the gold inlay. Further research
and investigation evolved the cast
| gold inlay with the disappearing model
| and that eliminated the matrix with
| its attending discomforts and limita
| tons. The seamless gold cap crown
| has had its highest ascendancy in this
| period and is likewise showing its
failures largely owing to the indis,
criminate use of fundamental princi
pie that otherwise had much merit
Just now we are again on the crest
of a wave OF popular operations in
yolying the casting process.
| To my mind this latter class OF oper
ations has merit neither OF the other
things referred to could logically
claim However trust there viii bs
less to regret and apologize for In II
than we have to admit in the case
of inlays Of porcelain and seemless
gold crowns. wish. however, to hold
/ up a warning hand of caution regard
ing the so-called "Mesio.O coluso- Distal
restoration in cases where there is
extensive cavities of decay in molors
and bicuspids. and especially those
that have had nerves destroyed and
removed
/ One more stumbling block am
afraid Of in the cast gold inlay propo.
sition consists of the practice 81 re
moving portion OF the gold rom the
cavity surface and restoring II with
the attaching cement; hope the dis
cussions Of this point win bring out