The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-26
live QUESTIONS
ny EDWIN >. BROWN

The important relation which tn
dental question bears TO matters -
public concern lies In the fact that
the vain foiiies OF mere handful
Of sEnail-fry. wouid-be society dea-
+, lists has cost the taxpayers OF this
state not less than one hundre1
thousand dollars for paying stool
pigeons. court costs. trial costa
Hheriffs costs and much other ex-
penEc since 1901. Yet the dental Law
under which examinations an4
prosecutions are had Is a farce en-
acted at the behert and for the
benefit OF "A group OF selfish dsn<
lists, instead Of for the protectioa
OF the public.
My experience under this Wash
ingion quack dental law is no dif-
icrent than hundreds OF other den~
tists except that ] stood my grounds
ana Fought for my rights-
DR.. Bell came here from Montana
in 1910 and desired to make hla
home. and practice dentistry here
where ne could give his daughter the
adN antages OF our University. Dr.
heil was good dentist and had
forty thousand dollars In cash. but l.
presume he could not tell the dental
board why peoples hair turns gray.
or NOW much time II requires for 3
toe nail TO grow n foot long. The
dental Board was unconccrned with
the fact that the doctor had been
a successful practitioner and q good
cluzen IN Montana for twenty years
and could teach the board more dem
tistry than some Of them knew. ]
could also name many others.
Again there is n mutual admira-
Ton society calling itself the Vet
Grams Dental Law Enforcement
league that is now attempting 10 90
what the Dental Society failed 70 %
from 1893 TO 1913. namely, drive
their competitors out OF this state.
and use the peoples money TO do Il
with. Besides. IL Is n matter OF pub
: Nc record that the Dental Board II
this state in times past and undee
inc law now in force, was corrupt
and guilty OF malfeasance and nis-
feasance In public office The Vet
Grams League should chew on this
awhile. shall prove this before
am through writing on this cues.
tion.
PUTTING IN GOLD FILINGS
When our written examination
we're finished at Spokane. in ls0x'
We were required to give demonstra-
lions IN operative dentistry Dr.
striker assigned me a patient tthe
wifc OF fire chief that required
a sold filling in an upper front
tooth, saying. Brown. / don't thlnk
y VIII DO any good in getting your
Incense. but 40 ahead and show EN-
you can do II anyhow" The cavity
was between the two front teeth.
tiiling was to be put in, the tooth
had a black atrophy spot l pro-
oteued 10 prepare the cavity. which
was inspected and pronounced salts
factory, after which ] inserted the
gold filling and gave II a hard sur
face, then polished IL carefully and
finished IL with rouge. which gives a
finish similar TO the inside OF q
watch case,
l now called Or. Striker 20 grade
nv fillinlr anfA sRFAxxfp \
want to take the responsibility OF
grading you perfect t00l on that
iiiiing, so l am going TO have some
one else" He brought DIR. Thurs
ton owe and by this time there were
a dozen dentists standing around my
chair telling me that | could not get
license no matter what l did. Then
Dr, Thurston came and proceeded to
reflection on the black spot on the
adjoining tooth in my gold FILLING.
he thought l had left hole In the
FILLING and proceeded TO dig into
what he thought was a hole. with
gold filling fairly well scratched and
dug up. DIR. Striker told him he was
digging at "A reflection in the filling
from the next tooth. DIR. Thurston
saw the Joke and said he was sorry
Tor inturing such a splendid filling.
and said, We'll. Brown, your opera
tive work will be graded q X" II
viii be found so marked on the
books OF the Dental Board today
DR.. Thurston learned shortly after
this that ! was the boy he had
known in the middle seventies in
Grand Haven. Michigan.
No, l did not get my license on
the spokane examination, but all
except one who went out with the
board one night and took in the
town and got a skin full. got their
licenses i was unaware at that
time that a man had to have a
knowledge OF whisky and beer in
order To get a dental license.
In the fall Of 1903. took the ex-s
animation at Tacoma. II was at this
exam nation that the diaboilcal and
notorious code OF ethics was pre-
scented I shall tell about the Ta-
coma examination and how hostiii-
ties In the dental war started. in my
next weeks article.
EDWIN j BROWN.
Seattle's Leading Dentist
LOG Columbia Street