Show more of teeth I 1 the discussion of the subject of tho tile of teeth having been inaugurated vin augu augur rated atod in those these columns cc U n gs and as many people aside from the practicing i cang dentist seem to be interested in in the matter a tow few more words may bo be appreciated precia procia ted already an element of humor lias has entered the discussion A brother dentist I 1 in sundays article relates his ilia ex exploits in of molars an and his ilig many years experience in m these operations then on oil thursday morning up bobs another ditto and scores the former severely for presuming to have havo performed these operations ae r actions before the tile redoubtable dr I 1 younger u t anzer who it be seems ems has li as been dragged into this affray had had made hia his first operation of this kind famous now our brother the latter although bis his remarks smack of dental literature without credit dental cosmos TO 90 is correct in ili the main and makes very worthy statements but he lie then dives deep down into the dental door tho logy an and draga up from the dim imi and musty past tho fact that the tile first one operation ration of this kind presumably of a tooth as this is the tile subject under discussion was done in the year of our lord 1881 by a dr somebody in germany now the funny part of this will vill appear when tile following is quoted from front a recognized authority on this subject geo cc W eld M D D D S A consideration of the merits and demerits demeri IS of the practice of re planting and transplanting the human teeth necessitates a brief review of the subject since the time it was practiced by ambrosio ambros io pare who died lied in tile year 1590 1690 ho lio says in in a published work 1 I have heard it reported by a reliable person that lie saw a lady of the prime nobility who instead of a rotten tooth she drew drow made a sound tooth to be su substituted and inserted which tooth in the process of time aa as it were taking roof root grew so firm that she could chew chow upon it etc etc and still quoting from the same gentleman 11 but although transplanting in waa wits practiced to a considerable extent before If hunters time wo we find that thoa thos Be dmore surgeon dentist in a work published I 1 1 ia in 1668 says and arid then foly follows 11 s a long dissertation upon tile of interest to nobody if some of these ancestors of ours joseph josept fox and others could have seen thelast the last ifer of TUB STANDARD what a rattling of dry bones there would bo be and BO so ever since the time of those men this matter of implantation and transplantation seems to have overtaken the average dentist like the tile intermittent shakes of malarial fever we the dentists of today have havo had our shake and it was thought thou glit it was nearly over in 1887 the writer saw the aforesaid dr younger make three different operations of implantation before a class of students in chicago and had the pleasure of assisting in one of those as a student today one of those teeth stands as a monument to liis his skill and the other two departed this earthly sphere ere a yair of time had elapsed to the public it would bo be well to say wo have no wise men of the cast or west among US there are plenty of real good educated and arid progressive dentists in th the 0 cl city i W who I 1 10 will care for your teeth and take tak e all L r tic 1 money you have to spare but dont bo be carried away by tho the mistaken idea that we aro are on the eve cyc of a new now departure in ili dentistry in implantation or transplantation of teeth teeth extracted without pain or anything the kind if your dentist has had the proper experience peri ence and education in his ills business you oil need not doubt that he will perform any and all operations that your case calls for and your purse will permit S L rell 01 6 |