The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-02-23
DENTAL PROFESSIONS PROGRESS HAS
ADDED MARVELLOUS CHAPTER TO
SCIENCE OF KEEPING HEALTH
Rochester Industry Through Development of
Ingenious Equipme mt For Dentists Has
Played Its Part In Big Achievement

taught that teeth were true bones
which existed before birth and he
IL credited with the belief that the
upper CANNES receive branches Of
the nerve that supplies the eye.
Thereafter. the CANNES were called
cye-teeth. Year by year, the inves-
tigators are coming across new It'd
bits Of dental history.
Fssehsrd A Moaunsntsl Name
The notwithstanding dentist
learns that Abuleasis described In
tenth century writing an operation
by which artificial crowns may be
attached TO adjacent sound teeth.
Fauchard Is well called the father Of
modern dentistry. His momentous
book published in 1928 established a
new dental art in the world, an art
which was destined 20 develop into
one Of the most brilliant and helpful
sciences. II was also Fauehard who
suggested porcelain as an improve
ment over bone and ivory in the
manufacture Of artificial teeth. Pre-
viously. through the centuries. arti-
fetal teeth had been made from
human teeth. the tusks Of the ele-
plant and the hippopo,amus or other
bone or ivory.
The operation Of transplanting
teeth Is usually attributed to John
Hunter. i72s-I7s3. who praetieed IL
extensively and gave to Il additional
prominence by transplanting a hui
man tooth TO the comb Of cock.
This operation. however. is alluded
TO by Ambrose Pare. i5o9-I590.
while the French made much pro-
gress in dentistry in the eighteenth
century. IL was the next century
which witnessed the dawn Of dental
science in Great Britain. II has been
well established that until the latter
part Of the eighteenth century ex-
traction was only operation for the
cure Of toothaehe. Temporary re-
Mf from toothaehe was obtained by
the ancients by many strange rene
dies. For instance. the Chinese in
the peak days Of their glorious eivili-
nation had this peculiar. IL not ap-
petiring one
A Dslsetsbls Remedy.
"one roasts a bit Of garlic. brushes
IL between the teeth. and afterwards
mixes il with chopped horseradish
seeds. reducing the whole 20 a paste
with human milk; one then forms IL
into pills; these are TO be introduced
into the nose on the side TO that
where the pain is situated"
The pioneers Of America had TO
depend on the erudest Of dentistry,
for IL was not until woolfendale
came from England in 1866 that this
country had n professional praetition-
er. Woolfendale was followed by
Josiah Flagg. who was the frs. dem
It's, native to che United States.
John Greenwood was the first Ameri-
can TO tinker with artificial teeth and
has tinkering was so good that he
was called upon 10 make one Of the
first sets Of artificial teeth for George
Washington.
Dentistry made rapid strides in
America following the advent Of
these pioneers and 1920 found about
one hundred dentists in actual prae-
tice in this country. Until dental
science became firmly established ms
an important part OF the healing art
in the nineteenth century, dental in
struments and equipment were weld
ed together and manufactured chiefly
by blacksmiths. loeksmith. and jewel
ers. Those who suffered from the
pangs Of toothache had the choice
Of going either 10 their blacksmith
or their barber to have the trouble
some teeth extracted. This old
panacea Of extraction for all tooth
ills explains why the mouths Of the
older citizens are so commonly orna-
mented with false teeth.
Recent Progress Remarkable.
Contrast those older dental officers
Of a thousand tortures with the
bright. splendidly-equipped ~ooms in
which skilled dental builders admin
ister today almost painless dentistry.
Some comprehension Of the growth
Of the profession may be had when
II Is realized that the last census
showed about forty thousand praeti-
TONERS in this country alone. Back
Of these dentists stand the manufae-
turers Of their supplies and equip
ment There 10 no profession whose
equipment. whose tools. whose ma
terial. whose sanitation. whose care
and precision and whose workman
ship must be more perfect to obtain
good results. Dental colleges have