The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-08-01
TOOTH FACTS
ny EDWIN ,. BROWN. ID. ID. ~,
sesitie's Leading Dentist,
7O5-7i3 FIRST Avenue.
IarKe-, In the world.
TEETH


work ana crowns: this week / am
writing about Artificial Teeth and
Patchwork
There are thousands 81 people who
need teeth and would have them II
they thought that they could get
teeth 10 ~ 40 as 10 be able 20 eat
with them The price rs always a
big consideration. but the dentist
you 40 10 In the determining factor
ln the success or failure YOU have,
ana the price you pay for your teeth.
In Vancouver and Victoria. u. c..
you would not have 20 pay as much
for your teeth as you would In tho
smaller towns Of British Columbia.
but In my Beilingham or Seattle Of
fices you can save Just tfty cents
on every dollar you spend for Artl-
fetal Dentures false teeth).
PRICES ron Patchwork.
The teeth (artificialJ used cost
from ice TO Sb.S5 per set. and the
rubber costs from sbc to $500 per
pound. The labor costs from 800
TO 5000 for every plate or set OF
teeth made in a dental office. Buy
ing a set OF teeth f. just exactly ike
making a purchase OF dress or a
suit Of clothes. The quality OF ma
terials and workmanship regulates
the price you pay. as rule. The
exception to this rule IL when you
fan n victim TO some dentist who
always figures on making ali he can
on each Individual case. and never
expects the patient 10 return for
more work. nor 10 send his or her
friends for their work. These dem
lists are what we call "one-timers."
DIFFERENCE IN MOUTHS.
There are many mouths that re-
quirs special features In Artificial
Dentures. The patient may have a
very flat upper mouth caused by
sioughing pyorrhea. abscesses or
the alyeroids being thin and light.
80 that after extraction these thin
walls Of the alyeolar ridge are so
completely lost by resorption that
almost a flat surface remains. In
such a case very strong. light
plate and set of teeth must be had
or they Will drop all THE time II
the lower ridge IL zone, then an
extra heavy lower plato IN necessary
for the natural involuntary muscular
movement TO aid in holding the
lower denture in position while mas
ticatlon IL being accomplished
TAKING SCIENTIFIC IMPRESS
sIoNs.
Many dentists do not care to he
bothered and iabored with making
plates. because. firstly. II Is hard
labor. and secondly, they do so very
little ~ II that they never get to
quired TO make a real good set OF
artificial teeth.
Taking an Impression lis the ALL
important thing. IL makes no dff-
ference how costly and pretty set
of teeth are. they are worthless un-
less they tit the mouth. and when
they fit perfectly. even then all ex-
cess resistance must be avoided ana
relieved or the muscles will throw
the plate down. In relieving resist
ence the suction must not be de-
stroyed and the pressure must be
properly equaiized and distributed or
every int contact will Jar the plate
loose.
The fit is not all. either. as the
dentmre must restore the facial con-
tour and natural expression. remove
all wrinkles and lines.
The teeth must not be too white
and unnatural. like tombstoues. nor
too long. yet long enough and OF
color TO look natural These are
only a very few OF the characteris-
ties in successful plate making. yet
many dentists contend that all plates
should he one price. This is an ac-
Acknowledgement that they think all
mouths are alike and teeth are
teeth. II is not their fault. They
simply fail to comprehend the SCI
ence OF mechanism so necessary In
manifesting the prosthetic dental
art To the unframed mind. clothes
are clothes-"shoddy or silk" meat
is meat. rotten or sweet" and teeth
are teeth. The land all looks akiie
to the whale. while the scorpion OF
the desert regards no distinction in
water