The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-04-26

numerous spirochetes and diplococci
and -Streptococci of many varieties.
Each of these has a particular tissue
affinity, yet all capable Of transmuta-
tion in the various environments
peculiar to the human body, be they
pyogenic or -pathogenic. With the
destruction of these disease-produc-
ing centers, newer epoch was passed
in Dental Therapeutics. The recov-
cry to normal health after the re-
moval of these foci Of infection has
been nothing short of marvellous, for
truly the blind have been made to
see, the deaf to hear, and the lame to
leap for joy.
The oral cavity being moist, warm,
and dark is a veritable incubator for
the breeding and propagation Of
micro-organisms, majority of these
being infectious or contagious. Here
we have the beginning of Tubercu-
losis, Pneumonia, Typhoid, Diphthe-
ria, Scarlitina and various other dis
The responsibility of an unclean
mouth rests not only upon the indi-
vidual but the community at large.
1t is the province of the progressive,
scientific Dentist to correct these con-
ditions, thereby rendering service to
society.
Once upon a time Dentistry was
regarded simply as mechanical art,
and its chief adventure in the surgi-
cal field consisted in the extraction
of teeth, today the Dentist is resect-
ing alveolar processes, excising the
tongue, curetting the maxillary sinus,
removing benign and malignant
growth from the mouth and jaws, and
by Orthodontic measures changing
the very facial expression of man.
The position of dentistry as a pro-
fession has ceased to be a surmise
and maybeso but an indisputable
and established fact.
In days gone by the dread of pain
was a great obstacle to patient
needing dental service, but thanks
to the God-sent efficiency of nerve
blocking. The fond dreams of pain
less Dentistry has become a cogent
reality and dental operations are be-
ing performed without an iota of pain
and minimum amount of discom-
fort. Cocain and its toxic sequals
has been superseded by the use of
Novocain-Supranin, injections being
made in the second and third
branches of the Trigeminal Nerve
either at or just after it emerges
from the Gasserian Ganglion or by
the accessory injection at the Infra
orbital Foraman. This produces
total anesthesia of the lips, jaws and
cheeks the integument and mucous
membranes of each. Painless Dent
istry is no longer an irridescent
dream.
Without the proper functioning OF
the masticatory apparatus, insaliva.
tion is not complete, ptyalin does not
act on the carbohydrates of foods
when the stomach is reached gastric
action is hampered, the proteolytit
engines fall short of their duty ant
assimilation is curtailed with assimi
lation at a minimum, nourshment /!
withheld from the tissues, the vital
ity is lowered and man becomes al
easy prey to the ivation of disease
hence the Importance of these 3.
organs of mastication and articula
tion-the human teeth.
Contrary to popular opinion Den
tistry is not destructive profession
and it's chief activity is not in re
moval, Dentistry is a restorative pro
fession, putting into place substitute
for lost organs of mastication ant
restoring the power to speak correct
ly. Restoration is its greatest func
ton, and the great Voltaire has said
MEN who are occupied in the resto
ration of health to other men by join
exertion of skill and humanity ar
above all the great of the earth