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Show GOLD TEETH OUT OF STYLE Present Trend Is to Preserve Toot and Make It Look as Much Like . Original as Poaalble. Gold teeth are going out of styU, according to practltloaert and dental experts. The present trend Is to pra-serve pra-serve the tooth to make It look aa near as possible like It was originally. If this can't be done the offending molar or incisor must be pulled out. The Idea of pulling teeth Is something some-thing comparatively new In America dentistry. The tendency was to sm rathe ra-the tooth at all costs. But dentist have discovered that gold crowns art) nnhealthful and permit foreign matter to get Into the teeth. Bridge work also Is net as popular popu-lar as It once was. To make a bridge two good teeth were filed down a anchors for the mass of gold in between. be-tween. If the bridge failed the two good teeth on the ends went with It Now dentists recommend a plate of false teeth Instead of the bridge. These being removable, are easily kept clean. The dental science Is now spending Its euergtes more on serviceable serv-iceable plates rather than on bridges or crowns. New York Sun. |
