The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-04-11
ORAL SURGERY
AND EzOD0NTiA
CLINIC IS HELD
Or, A. E. Smith Presldes, After
Giving an Address Dur:
ing Morning

Demonstrations In oral surgery
featured the clinic In charge OF
DR.. A. E.. Smith held by the State
Dental Society at 1870 this after.
noon in the Masonic Temple.
Seven operations had been per-
formed at 3:30'this afternoon, and
those In charge said that a total
OF fifteen operations would be
performed before the closing hour
at 5 o'clock.
DR.. Smith is the oral surgeon
OF the Francis Willard Hospital,
Chicago, and lie credited with be.
Ing one Of the most skillful5 dental
surgeons in the country. He dom.
o%nstrated the painless block anes.
ton.
Among the different cases treat
ed by DR.. Smith were. Alyeoiot-
omy, impacted teeth, gramulomtta
and osteoma, another difficult
operation.
Mt the morning session, Wheel
ing was selected as the meeting
place for the State Dental Society
next year, beginning on the thlrd
Monday in May.
Focal Infection and Human
disease was the subject OF m IN.
teresting address by Dr.. Aaron Ar.
kin, OF the West Virginia Uniyer.
slty school Of medici6e, delivered
at 0 O'Clock in tho morning as the
first number Of the day. Dr.. Ar.
kin is professor of pathology and
bac%terlology at the state uniyers.
ity and his address showed a com.
plete mastery of his subject.
HIS talk was followed by a ser.
les Of fiye.minute discussions By
DR.. w. b. H. Caldwell of Wheeling.
DR.. Gwynn Nicholson Of Charles.
ton and DR.. L. J. Walker of clarks.
burg.
At 10 o'clock DR.. Arthur F..
Smith spoke on Block Anaesthe.
STA and Nitrous oxid.o Oxygen Ana
esthesia in the, Practice Of Oral
Surgery and Exodontia."
Mr.. Smith said that within re.
cent years the dental and medical
professions have realized the i'm.
portance of q thorough examine
ton Of the oral cavity. the great
gateway to disease; and that more
and more consideration Ii now be.
ing given to the restoring Of the
Gavity's parts to normal and the
eradication OF pathologic tissue
and foci OF infection.
Modern treatment and technique
accomplishes the desired results,
he added. Block a~naesthesia is
a hobby with DR.. Smith. He feels
after an exhaustive study Of the
subject and years OF practical OK.
perience in this wonderful work
that 1t is one OF tho great benefits
to humanity Of tho present age.
DR.. Smith IS the author OF several
textbooks and is a recognized au.
thority on oral surgery and block
anaestHesia:
1.-THE greatest buebear that the
dentist has TO face Is the fear Of
the dentists chair by the average
person. according TO DR.. Smith.
Under the system Of block an.
aesthesia a patient can, without
pain and without any Ill after CT.
fects. receive practically any kind
Of oral treatment.
zone may sit for an hour or
more In the dentists chair for
treatment withouS pain; get up
and so home, whistling and hap.
py. When the block annesthesia
system has become universal In
practice. tho health Of thousands
will be better, because they will
not put off going to the dentist un.
til 1t Is. too late to save the teeth
or until some dangerous disease
has gained Roadway through bad
teeth"
Block anaesthesia. as outlined
by DR.. Smith is tho blocking OF
OF the pain impulses, or in their
words the pain caused by oper.
atoms is prevented from travel.
ing over the nerve branches. be.
cause tho nerve path has been
blocked.
ITO the layman," says DR..
Smith, 81 explain block anaesthe-
STA with a simple and homely II.
Illustration. Suppose someone
should cut the line of your tele-
phone SONG place. between your