The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-04

NsAN Wv Natate ~ Ne Efaulm Tha
tse Pvvp~trst~d ~ me awtnala,,
The ways - -~indiins tooth ,ir..-.
sr- -, fprth a. sosn~ l~ngfh ~ q go
In Hanptgr's trsordina - hi. -.
rowina tale tho trichs ~ ths faks -.-,,.
pariur TuarA- are ton nufn-ro,- ~ n,
tiun IN d~tah me N~~ York D-,..,
Association ~ The corrus n afov. q,
pru--~Itiuna FOR unlicensed is-.si.,-,
has cullsrtsd . MAJ ~ dafa mtirh q /.
vulunte-rgsi ~ The very men whn ~.
be-n ~urplov-yi with th~-e cFtmina ~,
Germs
We we're sspect~d ~ go all The -,o,-,
pusa.hle. sad one - the@- pu.--.,c-,
IN his sworn confession ~ thew ua.,,
in,ich work 10 30 done We had - and 4.
fs~ts in the pA'isnts testh Anyha- I
had a stnait~rtnH - denti-try hAvtns A
tanti-d . dental college for q year ~, "a.
M, . graduate I Eot fairly good nav
but only on IN. understanding ,hm I
in,i.t do something 90 every parl~nt 80,
90 me
If the contractor made one ~-,imx.
/ I had % RAISE tbs contract by hndiny
ne~ dsls,,s that had 10 b. r, NEEDED
II nothing els- could be dime told n.
patient that the gums ns.-eis-d hArd-n,ns
90 tina, the mouth was too full ~ ar,d
and I made people come back dav are,
day when I did nothing except whar a
professionally known ~ turn cotton
That ~. I would clean out tooth for filing
plug u with cotton and tell the pafien,
didn't dare al 10 until I knew wheshs-
the roots could stand filing
Every time the patient returned 4
meant another deposit. We wouldn,
bother With q patient who didn', make q
deposit every visit. II a patient tried n
get out Of paying we would inject some
thing to make the tooth hurt or remove
. filing. and no matter what the work
vas ne always collected in advance
Under the newer laws affecting dental
practice in nearly every State the den,iss
actually operating on a patient mus, 81.
hibit his State license in plain view of The
patient. SAYS the writer Of the article
In most 81 the money grabbing dental par.
lors they place in conspicuous positions
on the walls in ornate frames the Diplomas
81 dental colleges. Most Of the~a diplomas
come from some middle West or southern
pseudo dental institutions where diplomas
have been sold for a. little A. SO after a
The laws require State examination and
state licenses, however and few Of the
operators in these discredited dental par
lors can show them. Usually there il one
man who actually has n license. IN avoid
prosecution: and half a dozen operators
who do the work. fitting from chair %
chair. are supposed 70 he protected by
this mans license. This makes prose-
cItion difficult.
II remember in one of the places where
| worked said another witness. there
was n tinker who didn't know how % Al q
gold crown. Instead 81 csmenting u on he
simply ground down the apex and slipped
the cap on. The woman was told N vas the
newest and best method. a. she could then
remove IL after eating clean 10 and ALWAYS
keep u polished. Needless 20 saw within
a month the tooth had decayed badly and
a real dentist fixed IL up with great dir
Guilty
II can also remember n case in Brook
lyn where an operator who wanted 20 curry
favor with the management by bringing
in large fees filled tooth with gold
filing and deliberately left a small piees
Of cotton soaked in some antiseptio In
the bottom Of the cavity
In about four days this cotton worked
such damage from gas formed nv fer
mentation that tho filing was actually
blown out Of the tooth and the patient
came hack 20 have It repaired, having
aRonics meanwhile. This time
the operator took back the gold. put n
porcelain cement. painted IL with shirni.
mum paint and collected another big fee
once saw the contractor in a So
called dental parlor order out a perfectly
good tooth. confessed another operator.
because there was a decayed tooth On
each side. a. the removal Of the sound
tooth would make possible n more eEpcn-
sive piece 81 bridge work
Another trick We had in raising the
rcntract- dealt with the full sets ~ teesh
advert ised for s.. ANY one entering and
asking For a full set Of teeth At IS would
no shown a large basket ~ sets mounted
on ordinary black rubber. The visitor
would ne told 10 take his choice and
would SPEND half an hour trying 70 ind
4 set that would NJ his m outh. A. the
md Of that time tho contractor would in
luire what was the matter. and upon being
old would examine the mouth and De:
'lare loudly that no wonder the standard
lets wouldn't III because the mouth was
haped ahnormally.
This always hattsrp the patients.
They like 20 think even their disabilities
ire different from other peoples, 80 con-
Iinced the patient will consent 90 the
ioctor making a cast ~ the mouth and
~ shown samples 81 full sets of superior
eeth- 20 choOAa from These would Get
rom siS To sion. according 20 the out
yard appearance If the patient.
tew York State EeT raj Society, covering
period ~ nearly twenty wears. has Teen
RhIsble IN suprrNsaing some ~ the most
lagran' Offenders against tho law. nut
y perience has proved that the fnancisl
awards are - great That fhe chie' ofen.
lers. even when prosecuted. open ~
'fher places under aFsurn'd nance ana
iin them T.t.l the special corps ~ rr'.
ate detectives employed by the society
rinRa 'he-f = Justice again
The first dishonest dental parlor II
his type on record vas 'pen'd in Chicago
n iS9' and mot with such enormous
nanciAi success that hundreds ~ irni.
atoms sprang az elsawhe-r. In ten years
hose dental parlOrs hourishsd from hos
IN to Sar Francisc.s all operated IN the
anne general plan. AID in many instances
nder the same mana gsmenf. The men
Ihn financed the"n dental confidence
n mes used their own names rarely.
'sHRiiy IL vas a COMPANY
The silent ha~kors Il the enterprises
aUally placed 'he actual financial man
Cement in the hnrds ~ IN" cashier.
lwaVa a voTn1u. a. women are ALWAYS
! charg. ~ loan shark Offices Tho ofice
TAI II hose parlors often consists only
one student or s"lf-taught quack opo--
TOR ard ar eNperf and Rhatla cal~ll-
,tor who pcrhaps knows nothing what
v"r " dentistry and who IL called he