Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
HOG ROOTS USED
FOR FALSE TEETH
New Step in Dental Surgery
Does Away With Necessity
of Bridging.
NEWARKER TELLS OF THE
ADVANCES IN DENTISTRY
Now on a Plane With Medical
Practise, Says DR.. Joseph
kussy.

Kussy.
special to the Evening star.
OCEAN GROVE. July 1s.-Dr. Jo-
seph Kussv. Of 8 Clinton avenue.
Newark vas one Of the principal
speakers last night at the forty
fourth annual convention of the New
! Jersey Dental Society. The sessions
are being held at the North and
Hotel
The thought that comes to ne as
I listen to a presentation such as we
! have heard this evening, ts that we
are standing on the threshold of a
new era, he said. The profession ig
no longer one Of mechanical IN
genuity, and empirical praefises only.
Here and there among US there are
those who delve into the hidden mys-
teries OF science. and who trod the
paths Of scientific research. The
chemical nature Of the salivary secre-
tons, the relationship of dental In
lection to systemic disease, the ana
| tomieal considerations IN prosthesis.
and now. the surgical replacement Of
| lost dental organs are opening new
fields Surgical cleanliness and asep-
sis are no longer strangers IN dental
practise.
Dental Profession Elevated
1T is probably due TO this awaken
| ing that here in New Jersey, during
| the past year, the dental profession
has been elevated to maintain. for all
! time we hope. the same plane occu-
pied by our medical brethren. The
Academy Of Medicine Of Northern
New Jersey, with a membership, rep
- III ~
/ embra chg in its membership some of
| the most prominent men in medical
| practise IN the East, at a meeting
last winter altered their bylaws. by
unanimous vote. to admit dentists ss
1 fellows OF the academy. with all rights
and privileges Of full membership.
Let us not be unmindful of that ac-
ton: may we rather, by continuing
in the paths Of scientific research,
and by our best efforts at all times
! toward the alienation of human SUI
fering. teach al other such organiza-
lions throughout the length and
breadth Of this great continent. that
not alone are we worthy of that con-
fdence, but that they as well as we,
must profit by this alliance"
Hog Roots in Human jaw.
DR.. Il. J. Kauffer, the dental sur
geon, who startled New York q few
months ago with a new feat In dem
tai surgery, exhibited the feat last
night DR.. Kauffer showed a patient
Of his treated IN New York. who Is
now wearing in place of two missing
teeth two porcelain teeth implanted
Upon a root extracted from the Jaw
c. a pig.
Ir. Kauffer announced TO the dental
prs ssion two years ago that he
could implant in the mouth Of pa
tent lacking a base for a cement or
/ Porcelain tooth. a root extracted from
| the jaw Of either a dog or a pig. The
| grated root would grow after a short
time into a firm base on whie2e 81 q
he built an artificial tooth.
At TIE session of the dentists last
night Dr. Kauffer explained his pro-
cess. The root Is taken from the
mouth of either pig or dog imme-
diately after the slaughter Of the ami
NAL 1t IS immersed in d specially
prepared culture Of blood and salt
solution.
The pig root is allowed to grow in
this solution for two days. gradually
becoming adjusted to the blood Of the
patient
Experiments have shown that the
root viii not thrive after iInplanta-
ton unless the blood on which il was
nourished in the culture stage had
been drawn from the body of the pa
tient in which It was later grated
No Need of Bridges.
Dr. Kauffer's method supplies a
base on which to plant a manufac-
tured tooth, and does away with the
necessity of bridging artificial teeth
TO adjacent teeth
The experiment was first tried in
New York two years ago and worked
out in Kauffer's laboratories. The
doctor says the inspiration Of the new
method came to him when an italian,
Circosso, was brought TO him with
fractured jaw and several teeth shot
out by New York gangmen. The
transfer Of the pigs tooth was made
successfully.
The roots of pigs teeth, It has
been found, are more susceptible or
transfer than those OF dogs.
Today is devoted TO a business
meeting in the Scenario theatre, in
the hotel building. There win be a
report of the State Board of Regis
tration and Examination in dentistry
The president and treasurer of the
trust fund for INDECENT dentists viii
be made officers viii be elected for
the ensuing year and the society VIII
elect one Of its members to be recom-
mended for appointment TO the State
Board of Registration and Exami-
nation IN Dentistry.
To Prosecute Quacks.
One Of the first items of eonsidera-
ton before the society was a means
whereby it might rid the State Of
quack and fake practitioners
among the profession. DR.. Kussey
urged the society TO join the state
Society for the Suppression OF Vice
and Imposture as an opening meas
ure toward a systematic crusade to
be waged against illegal dental prae-
titioners- This, DR. Kussy advised
so that the society might make use
Of the vice suppression organization
to eradicate fmposters without direct
" striking at the takers, and thus
giving grounds for the charge Of