The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-05
UEER LITTLE FRANKS THE DENTIST PLAYS

get IN artificial tooth; you have no wish to cros.
the vale yet. But there is that otGer decaye6 ono
There s fully pin point Of decay In it. His eagle eye
has lighted upon it long ago, and he talks to You Inter
cstngly as to the complications OF blood poisoning
You came, but he and conquered and before yot
know 1t he has devised complicated machinery o.
repairs about what you conceived to be your faE
mouth
He considers 1t one OF the trumphs Of his art n
With one bad tooth he land you for. say, $3.50
for he counts upon your revisltlne him at som,
future time. All he wants Is chance you aftei
which you may go your way. Your place will be re-
filed. He Is perfectly convcrsant with that vulgat
but true saying that there is Sucker" born ever,
minute.
Skill with Contracts.
These things arc. however but the primary cIassee
of the black sheep of their profession. The graduate
exercise their skill upon those contracts" which,
certinalikc, extend endless horizons, whose mile
stones the humble, necessary coin of currency.
Your two Crowns" may have been contracted for AZ
SO the commencement. but skill will have its way.
Hardly indeed IS the first started before enghten-
mcnt
"Now why don't you have such and such light
work. comes quite naturally at such time. "More
permanent2" Well even dentists skilled in the under
world OF craft may smile. So the flight work" (so
superior the other becomes the order OF the
day, till another light breaks upon him to whom so
many come.
He screws a professional eye at his uncompeted
work.
ITS raa-nther light. I'm afraid I'm afraid II
would hardly be permanent" says he eolcitous
BY this time you've paid competent deposit for that
light work. If only SO had left your side perhaps
you would not come back Your deposit However has
been larger than that 1t Is large enough to "hold
you" He is, therefore, tolcrably safe ground when
he makes his next suggestion.
''Have them backed by platinum" he ventures witt
Mephlstophelinn suggestion. So they become backed
by platinum, and possibly further reinforced II hi,
diplomatic work be really artistic Each step opens
up yistn Of delights beyond and the objective noun.
tain seems far away ever So we leave
patient struggling to reach it and allow mind to
wander to the filings. the platinum hng, and thi,
special filing Ia little eXpcnslve) and that other
"a trIhe expensive yeti.
Filings in reality arc the most republican of things.
Prices may be differently graded, but many OF tbeG
come out of the bottle. AS for that OF plat
num-" 1t is delusion and snare There Is no sucl
thing platinum filling 1t is trick Of the trade
not so great perhaps the substitution of excellent
gold filings for those Of inferior quality but rather
that of tho order of artist who finds 1t easier to cut
tooth off and 1t than TO do some somewhat
dexterous filling work.
However, these Of minor Importance
when considered with those deeply dyed in the un
scrupulous who pull good teeth for the purpose
creating elaborate plated structure which Is deco
raIye-and expensive. In these times the dentisti
talk Will become severely technical In character. IL
you be skilled enough you can talk man out OF
most things, and decidedly out of tooth
Such arc Of the unscrpulous tricks of those
unscrupulous ones, who are luckily, far ou.nymbered
by those others with whom all patients can trust
One milo al rive tho ma IN
and acclaim them the champions of any of theic
brother humaDs-f there not lawyers. and trav-
cling salesmen and dozens OF other de1terous
who would no doubt protest, If their claims were to
be passed silently by. For there tricks In all
trades What might happen TO be yoursl