Omaha daily bee., 1918-04-28
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able to save. I've noted my conclu-
sions on my report; you can take il
to him and see what he says"
What Report Showed.
On my way uptown / read his re-
port. Here it is. One does not have
to be an expert to see that it meant
a pile of trouble:
Upper Jaw, Left-lst molar: Par
tial canal filing I'd molar: Test for
vitality. lst and I'd bicuspids: Par
tial canal-hlling, abscess condition.
Upper Jaw, Rght-Central and lat
eral canine: Partial canal-hlling, ab-
scess condition. Bicuspids: Partial
canal-hlling, with cystic area extend
ing to 1st molar. I'd molar: Please
test for its vitality.
Lower Jaw, Left-Molars: Partial
canal.hlling, pericemental irritation.
I'd Bicuspids: Partial canal-hlling.
Canine: Partial canal-filling, abscess.
Lower anteriors: Considerable alb
sorption process, abscess condition
about all, partial canal-6lling. Central.
Lower Jaw, Right-lst Bicuspid
Partial canal-flling and abscess. I'd
Bicuspids: Test for vitality. 1st and
I'd molars: Partial canal-hlling, alb
scess condition.
hunted up the best dentist in
New York. His prices were twice as
high as any had paid before, but
when he began work l realized why
they were high. There may be lot
of bluff in the learned professions,
there may be isolated cases where
lawyers and doctors and dentists are
charging exorbitant fees, not because
they have unusual ability but because
they have unusually high rent. There
doubtless are some such cases, l say,
but my experience has been that
where man is getting big money for
his work it is generally because he
knows whole lot more than the man
who is doing the same work for less.
Secretions Formed Poisons.
All my life had been paying for
what ! supposed was frst-class dental
work, only to discover now that it was
so imperfect as to be the root of all
my trouble. Crowns in my mouth
were leaking and secreting food that
formed poisons; root canals, as the
X-ray showed, had been only parti-
ally filled, resulting in Assesses.
There were at least six so-called blind
Assesses at the roots of my teeth
called blind because their presence
was not indicated by any external
swelling, and could be discovered only
by the X-ray. Yet any one of them
was draining sufficient poison into
my blood to corrupt my whole sys-
tenn.
Scratch your finger; let a dentist
infect it with even a tiny particle of
pus, and it will swell and tester.
What, then, must be the effect of pus
continually generated and constantly
being drained into the system from a
half-dozen infected teeth?
1t is not pleasant to talk about; and
I need not 60 into any further de-
tail. Suffice it to say that | had every
crown in my mouth removed, every
dead tooth opened up and re-treated
(four could not be treated and had
to be pulled), and new work put in
from start to finish, every bit of it
checked and tested, as we went along.
by the X-ray.
That was two years ago, almost.
and from the day that the work was
completed until now | have never had
the slightest touch of rheumatism.
eat more heartily, sleep better, and
have far more vitality and joy in living
than ever before in my life.
A woman came to my dentist while
I was being treated. She suffered from
neuralgia. There were no cavities in
her teeth apparently, and she had
been examined by various physicians,
none of whom could locate the cause
Of her trouble. / saw the dentist
take an X-ray of her teeth on the
side of her face where the pain oc-
Cured, and watched him develop it.
There, as plain as day, lying across
the roots Of three of her teeth was a
fourth tooth that had never come
through. 1t was bad job removing
that tooth, but the woman has had no
trouble since.
Suffered From Bad Teeth.
A man in an Office near mine suf-
fered for years with his eyes. He
had been treated by hrst-class spe-
cialist but iii spite Of everything his
eyes would become terribly irflamed
once or twice a year. Finally, as .
last resort, the doctor sent him to a
dentist. The X-ray showed that fou,
of his teeth were causing all the trou.
Bile. They were to all appearance.
perfectly sound, and he hated to lose
them. But he has had no eye trouble
since they came out.
Les Darcy, the Australian prize
ring champion, came to this countr,
as perfect physical specimen. A
few months after his arrival he hae
an attack OF rheumatism. He wa.
taken to a hospital, examined, and il
was found that every tooth in hi.
mouth was decayed. He died two
weeks later.
I could 60 on citing instances al
most without number. They have al
tended to form this conclusion in m,
mind: If / were called upon to fine
out what was the trouble with a rail
road, | would start to look first al
the terminal and freight yards. where
all the traffic enters the system, ant
if were ever to suffer from i'll health
again I would begin first to inquire
whether, perhaps, the trouble did not
originate in my mouth, where all the
food and air that gets into my system