The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-14
TEETH
TROUBLES
HOW TO
AVOID Them


The greatest and main cause for
tooth trouble 10 lack % care In prop
eriy cleansing Aad removing all food
particles from between the teeth and
around the necks or gum fnarglns
Many peopis hesitate about hav-
Ing th~sr teeth cleaned for fear that
harm VIII be done. but this 10 quite
lmpossibls, others complain about
the price OF cleaning Will. as a
matter Of fact there IL no work In
Dentistry that gives the beneficial
results that rloe nlng does. Consid-
ersble time 10 required In carefully
cleaning and removing all deposits
ot tartar and then POLISHING the
tssth. when D~ntist examines
your teeth and tells you what tho
cleaning will cost. do not ask him
20 do u for less. but defer IL until
another time. II you do not have the
price.
ABsCEssED TEETH.
Many people think that when the
nerve In tooth Ia dead or has been
removed that a.. tooth cannot ache
but when a n-rv. dies and remains
IN the tooth. OF even whom the nerve
has been removed. II Infection passes
through the small foraman at tho
end OF the root. an absces. may re-
suit Live teeth very rarely abacess
but when they do the treatment 10
easy because tho tooth nerve IL not
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nerve IL Involved the treatment IL
not always successful. and In many
cases the ahscrss recurs and makes
extracting necessary.
TWO KINDS or ABstEssEs.
The abscess with . fistuia 10 sell
dom painful because the pus In the
abscess n drained through the fis-
tuia and no pressure 10 aNeffed on
The nerve. The blind abscess Is er-
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escape afforded the Infection, which
II located at the end OF tho root and
must be reached through the tooth
aud nerve canal. which passes
through the fun length of the root
and IL formed to allow the nerve
and blood supply to form and nour-
ish. Assesses would seldom ever
form on tooth roots ~ proper care
was given tho teeth.
LOOSE TEETH.
There IL no operation or treatment
In Dentistry which requires the
exercise OF 80 much judgment as
the treatment OF loose teeth N
taken In time and properly treated
loose teeth can be made healthy and
firm. 50 as TO do good service for
many years. but Il is always dan
Esrous TO use loose teeth for fssten-
INK bridEework onto. because a
tooth, like n chain, II no stronger
than its weakest point II too much
strain In put on a loose tooth by
fastening bridgework 20 70. both the
tooth and bridge will be lost, and
the patient will be out tho money
PAINLESS EXTRACTION or
TEETH.
To tho inexperienced Dentist who
r. not equipped to do this work,
Painless Extracting 10 n Joke. hut
20 the experienced Dentist whose
office II equipped. II ia a serious. re-
allied reality.
First. the Immediate tissue around
the tooth must be normal. so as 10
allow the anaesthetic 10 produce
local anaesthcsia. the tooth and
roots must he normal. the Dentist
must have proper instruments and
know how TO use them. 1t IL only
when unfavorabie conditions arc
met that unavoidable failure results
Sometimes persons with badly alb
scesacd teeth call on tho Dentist and
expect him 20 do what cannot be
done, while others act In such
manner as 20 make II impossible for
the Dentist TO extract tooth with
out breaking e. The Dentist can
feel the tooth loosen and give
slightly. n the patient II quiet, and
the danger Of the tooth breaking ia
slight. as Tho Dentist can tell which
movement to use. but n the patients
jump and hoilo. they usually
break their own teeth off by NOV
ing In the wrong direction aud csua-
Ing the Dentist to lose the direction
OF least resistance. meyer have had
a tooth extracted, but thousands Of
people have told mo that I did not
hurt them when I extracted their
teeth.