The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-07-11
TOOTH FACTS
BY Not J., hut Edwin J. brown.
ID. ID. y.
705-.I3 First Av.
Washington and UuSou Ula~~


ID. ID. >.
705-.I3 First Av.
Washington and Union BIdGu.
Last week j wrote about the cut
ting OF the teeth. This week i shan
write about the filling OF teeth. be-
other kind OF Dental work is neces-
sary.
FILLING CBiLDREN's TEETH
The child's first teeth should be
titled and retained until they have
served their usefulness II Is equally
DANGEROUS TO extract the first teeth
sog soon or leave them in too long.
dhe superior material for filling
children's teeth is copper cement for
the firSt teeth and copper ALLOW Tor
the second. because of the oxide
which renders the teeth almost inn
structise germ iife).
PREPARATION OF CAVITIES
The great secret OF success I'm tooth
filling is TO give the required time
ana care to preparing the tooth cav
lily properly. All decay which has
penetrated the dentine or tooth body
must be removed and the thin. over
hanging walls of enamel must be cnt
away, and every trace OF a creyics
or pocket for food lodgment must ~
removed. This viii allow a tight.
heavy margin To be made when me
Proper retention must be had or tba
filling VIII not stay In The tooth
wall must not be left thin or the wall
viii break out. The filling material
must not be allowed too close to the
nerve or terrible alteration will
ensne when cold or hot, sweet or
sour comes In contact with the fiji.
ing material.
Modern Dentistry affords many
materials for filling teeth. and 50
detect the filling from the natural
tooth. In Its proper use gold is tho
best, and has been used for thou
SANDS OF years; In fact. the origin Of
cause OF written history being den
stroyed In class conflicts for control
of exploiting power.
II is hard labor to properly I'LL
tooth, and great Judgment is re-
CURED and thorough knowledge of
Dental Anatomy must be possessed
by the skillful filler OF teeth.
Plugging teeth or stuffing some
little loose gold foil into tooth cav
lily and holding IL there with cement
long enough to get the patients
money Is no longer considered honest
dealing In the practice OF Dentistry,
but 1t IL done every day in Seattle.
After q filling is properly inserted IL
must he carefully dressed down and
polished to the tooth margins. or de-
cay will continue.
WHERE THE GRAFT COMES IN
Many alleged Dentists never FIN n
tooth (they do not know howl. they
put cans" on teeth and call them
crowns There is great difference
between a beautiful tooth crown and
u can-made crown which viii slip
over and cover up a tooth. only the
conscientious Dentist ana the Dentist
with n practice so large that he can
not afford to lose his reputation and
practice viii resist the temptation to
put a crown on where only filling
should be made. In fact. the Dental
grafters exist by taking every ad-
vantage OF their patients (victimsD
lack of knowledge about their teeth.
and often extract good teeth that
could be filled, lust In order to put
I'm bridge work and get the money.
One OF the greatest abuses in the
practice Of Dentistry Is the cuttlng(
off OF good sound teeth and puttinxH
crowns on them Just to get th(
money, when filling would be IA
better.
Open evenings until and SundaA
until 4 for people who work IN
Not -" but "EDWIN j." BROWy
ID. ID. s.. so5 to si3 First Ave.