Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-20
STATE DENTISTS IN
 THEIR ANNUAL SESSION,
Will Hold Three Day Meeting Next
 Week in Hartford.

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day of next week the f1fty-f1rst an- nual convention of the Connecticut State Dental association will be held at Foot Guard hall. The convention will be noteworthy because of two features. One will be the Connecti- cut Dental Hygicuists' association ses- sion on Wednesday and Thursday. and the other the post graduate class es in impression taking and the con- struction of artificial dentures by Dr. Samuel G. Supplee. The committees have worked hard to make the affair the most successful of any in the as- socfation's existence.
 The association was started as the result of a letter sent out under date of Sept. 15, 1864, by Dr. James Mo Manus and Dr. Leroy D. Pelton of Hartford. Responsive to this letter. 39 dentists met at Central hall, Hart ford, on Oct. 20, 1884. A temporary tion of Dr. E. B. Crofoot of Hartford as chairman and Dr. James McManus of Hartford as secretary. That af- ternoon the permanent organization was perfected
 Dentistry in Connecticut has un dergone remarkable evolution since the days when the state association was formed. In those days 1t was something unusual for one dentist to recognize another on the street. To- day of the more than 600 dentists in the state, nearly 400 are enrolled as members of the association and these, at least are kept in close touch with one another
 The convention will open Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, Dr. Charles H. Riggs of Hartford, the president, pre- siding. The business will include re- T1OT %fc 1Nf ha r@l, and dental legislation, the election of new members and miscellaneous busi- ness. The afternoon session at 2 o'clock will open with a paper, Pre- vention-the Technique of the Future, by Dr. c. H. Gerrish of Exeter, N. H. Dr. Edward S. Gaylor of New Haven and ,Dr. Andrew J. Flanagan of Springfield will. open the discussion The second subject will be An Im- proved Method of Anchoring Detacha- ble Crowns in Vulcanite Plates, by pr. Frederick N. Niles of Brooklyn, N. r. O. T. Rule of Stamford will discuss the subject.
 Tone Diagnosis in Relation to Re- f1ex Symptoms will be the subject of paper by Dr. O. w. Huffs of Hot Springs. Ark, to be give in the even ing at 8 o'clock. An open discussion will follow.
 Dr. Ellison Hillyer of Brooklyn. N. r., Wednesday morning at il o'clock will present the subject: '1The Re tention of Partial Dentures" Dr. Henry McManus of Hartford and Dr. Ned A. Stanley of New Bedford Mass. will begin the discussion. At o'clock in the afternoon Dr. Max Smirnow, professor of bacteriology at Yale uni versity. will speak on Etiology of Py- orfhea Alveolaris Antiseptic Action of Some Cements. Dr. Jewett M GompertZ of New Haven and Morton J. Loeb of New Haven will open the discussion. There will be chair clinics and table clinics Wednesday after noon from 1.30 to 3.30 o'clock. . Dr. Supplee's post graduate clinics and demonstrations will be on Tuesday from 12 rn to 2 D. m and to p. m Thursday, 8 to 10 a. m., 2 to p. m Wednesday morning at 3 o'clock Hartford Dental society for a trir smoker Wednesday evening at 1t o'clock at the Hotel Bond. There will be an unusually large number of ex- hibits of dental appliances and pro- ducts.
 : The meetings of the Connections
 Dental Hygienists' association will ope@- Wednesday evening at o'clock President Riggs will introduce Mrs Irene Newman. president of the asso-
 citation, who will make an address
 Dr. J. Lowe Young of New York will read an essay of The Importance o1 Sound Temporary Teeth to Growth and Development. Dr. Milo Hellman of New York and Dr. Albert w Cros- l by of New London will open the dis cussion. Thursday morning at 9.3C
 o'clock there will be paper. Trophy