Show implantation of teeth tho the readers of tim STANDARD of sunday december last were treated to an advertisement extraordinary on the subject of tooth and implantation tho tile immediate p planting I 1 an t 1 of a tooth which ft inch haa has been extract extracted is 13 a very simple operator ope raton and has probably been done successfully by every ever dentist t at sometime in ili ins his practice and ho lie did not deem it of sufficient im importance por tanco to mention it to his most intimate it is is sail to have am been done first by a dentist who extracted the wrong tooth and rather than suffer the humiliation which would result from the mistake pressed it back into the socket and it became attached the tile dentists name I 1 do not remember the tile advertisement to which I 1 refer stated that the dentist of unusual skill drilled out the c sockets that held the extracted tooth befito I 1 replacing it this every one can call see is ie as the sockets arc are the exact counterpart of the roots the tile replaced tooth is is not as firm as a good sound live tooth and never will be dead or pulp lees loag teeth are much more likely to disintegrate than livo live ones and they aro are generally neglected by their possessors on account of their insensibility but Buti why vIly extract teeth that aro are ulcerated and and afterwards replace them when w lien they can be and aro are treated successfully in in the mouth tho the pressure of the forceps ie is likely to ruin ruin them the implantation of teeth la is not attended N vv ith permanent sue cess and should not bo be attempted back of the second bicuspid bid tooth the crowns of deh dehydrated d teeth are valueless because of tr tho separation of enamel from the dentine there can be artificial crowns crow ns placed upon them but they do not merit meri such tsuch treatment if fresh teeth aro are used onu one must bo be the gainer and tile other the looser the tile roots of the implanted teeth absorb in in a large percentage of cases disease is possible to bo be transmitted in implantation septicemia ie Is likely to result by the introduction and confinement of bacteria that impre impregnate gnato the saliva despite the effort to render every part of the operation aseptic the tile first tooth implanted was in in ger jermany in in 1881 and dr youn younger youner er of san francisco follo followed wed in ili I 1 1883 it it will not bo be ten years yeara since the he last until 1895 so the competitor employed the younger system before it existed I 1 am not afraid to speak out in in meeting for I 1 believe in in giving credit to the deserving and I 1 believe the dentists of this city will concur in in this reply though they are unfriendly B 11 II Fi FISHER |