Milford News | 1933-10-26 | Page 5 | Dentistry Advancement |

Type	issue
Date	1933-10-26
Paper	Milford News
Language	eng
City	Milford
County	Beaver
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Article Title	Dentistry Advancement
Type	article
Date	1933-10-26
Paper	Milford News
Language	eng
City	Milford
County	Beaver
Page	5
OCR Text	Show Dentiitry Advancement The Revolutionary war saw the Introduction In-troduction to America of dental plates made from actual wax molds of the mouth. Joseph I.eniaire. a Frenchman, cauie to this country with Count Itorhambeau and while wintering with the Continental army at Providence. It. I.. In 1TM-S2. taught Josiah Flags how to iiiHiuifactine the contrivances. It was not until lsix) that James Gar-dette, Gar-dette, another Frenchman, wlio had come to Philadelphia In 17TS. discovered discov-ered a way to hold plates In the mouth ' by means of vacuum. Previously they had been hinged, or kept in place by springs.
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rf6tfv/5250532