DENTISTRY DE LUXE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 426, 8 February 1909, Page 5

DENTISTRY DE LUXE.

;F;B:6w.THlj VAMEEICA^rDb^TBSG^^ ■ It is : getting to be aidiig;'fime"ho'w''since!'the .Mt ; -'of;.ae'ntistrr. , 'bould,be'/stomed- : \t. ords, /fortitude and ; strength.;; Fortitude., oh the., .part', of : , (he,' patient/iwho -kki~ sf dod:,,tq' the last. ache;' the.'excrubiatingi'agonyrbf :a.''recalMtrariti! molarr strength—niaih ipf: the operator,'whose task r ccn'sisteU ,; 'ofvgfippihg. the offending:: member—sometimes: i' 1 wasv'an' unoffending membernhwith. a 1 pair /.of. Jheay.y lot-', oeps.'and'positively ■featured by exquisite agony'ia'nd/pibrciiigi.yells 1 oh:,the part of visit to the. todth-pullerT-he/ cpuld ; ;hardly. be ; called;a dentist—Was an aot.;6f'lherbismiV-tooth-puller' was. a ruthless the tooth'," was his''motto jMf,' a . tooth: • aojiea,. , and:: the sufferer "had '. tha ;■ cbtirage:,' td- ; HaYe' Jit inspected,''out it oame;,good' or.badoV'-There' was .no' "filling," "orowhing,": or-'"bridging;" The - todth-pullor's : . criticism of >' biquspids, and incisors,, was 'destrttctiver-'.Thess 1 ' wore ,'■>'.< -4,/-v: v.'», Vy.'-»' ; ii. ' •■. All. thatv.is ohahged' .now.;'".The' 'td'oth-ilullet,' has gone; his present-day,-substi(;ute ( 7;the den r , ■tisty ,is •' a.product ■ of,/ ourr-mbd'ern* civilisation; 5 : 'in:niahy. cases—in .most'.cases.'JnjfufehtiSJL graduate : of, -a'i' dental; college. ; , : Contemporaner ously'withi/the' evolution.ofisurgeons'in.den-. : tistry;' has come ab'out , 'a' :, striking-i9volutioh-in j the methods of the'lepn .to.'.which'iifc./is now entitled,'/■ the/' solenCe-.of'/ dentistry.-'•■ In our, own:immcdihte"; environment,' that. process of evolution ..has.itaken Vplac'oV. so' imperceptibly" that a cdhYpl'dfetrealisatibn' ; of the fact- has not quite/ dawned upon thfeoommu-: A- clearer 'and; ,tvv-een tlie/'old'and, theinfiWj/'.lioweVeri'is'to.be ' gained by -an inspection of -Dr.'-Rayner's ; Ameri'can'Dental"Parlours; in Winder's Building,., a portion of.the:first floor; of vvhioh:was specially; assigned to suit the scope" and' p'ilfpo'S'e-of"-rai _ up-to-date:dental, practice:-/ 'Hero- is,;dehtistry., de .'luxe;. ■ In ' /'thd V' auMtical ./appMnt-' meiits' and -flirnishings, ;Dr.,.Ka'yner's;'rodws ( afford, a/striking obj'ect-lesson in modern dentistry, so muoh so that for prbfesaipnfilz, purposijs is as muoh in aesthetics 1 aslant experience of; the,very,best:methods in dental surgery 'of' the,: Twentieth' Century;: v>»ln* th# natural -/routine of. things,'. the'-/ patienfrf-fmds' himself '■ (or' /Herself)'.■; ih 'the /'r'dd'm',V;a' handsomely-appointed apartment:. The'.floor if ■a.study in parquet work—tastefully inlaid ; with. ■ walnut and rosewood. > The rugs are .choice Per-., sian, and: soft pile oarpets,;' irivwhiehithe Mai. ;sink luxuribusly, ore also .lidA'dpvyn.Jwhilejbil'.paintings (by, Christmas) adorn:thei-.walla"'!;.' Swifes.: applique .curtains, artistically, ("dfapV the/windows, and .'nice.ourtains ;hting.,ih .Keavjfolds across, the/doorvvaysrv Tlie.'fur'niture:is .part Chippenda*le and.paft'v•'ol'de'Ehglishe!"S,> '■ i ,By the/time the eye has "taken;in.;all.;these, salient .features' of the, appointments," fheVreal object of the -visit, an "operatibn.in-'dentistry,. is.in danger of being forgotteii.; : -But business is business. ; Eos ; a tooth to. ,be.removed,','thd patient, is shown : , into .the CdiJeratinij . rocmi' where, Dr./ Eaynor personally /performs.'jthe S&. tractions. The room; itself;-is"ra;iesson?-miahti-; septics.' -The/fldbr.is tiled;£t!iefe,.is;no';'w , dbdbr'; drapories to catch' the. übiquitous A'n> electric, antiseptic-bath is provided / .for -ithe; olehnsirig : of tho.instruments,-/•.wliidh-.'ifo.ifepti in glass -wlien-not. required,.' and:, the whole.; apartment is'so. designed- as. to; permit of /a thorough .sluicing all over.'■/'. Thcre/are.fdur" operating. : roorns in a 1 1... In addition that; alreaidv noted, is the "efo^^•ning.'■fthd';bridglhg , !.'. room,' in charge of. n specialist in 'this' branch or/ the-''.art; the ."filling'Nroom, : 'presided,:over, by. •another, specialist \ ihe. "fitting"-, tedm^ other specialist.. Then there is;,the '.meonanioal room, where 'the."plates" and other incidental: manufactures in the art of' dentistry : are .made;' In'.this'- room ftrd 'four; mechanics.,,; ./There, iare i also .two "certificated nurses, : .in the, : establish- 1 ' meiit, d-bookltceper.and.a porter--quite a; large staffs all told.'. ■•■■> ■'; ■". :<-//■;.:/:/' \<:^ : \:-/;^; : : ; \ .'Everythinij. is by .electricity, .supplied from, the Power. House; The treadle wheel has gone; only {the>.,faint, quiet hum.of..the :motors,remaina/:/;4-..'/ /^V:.:"-':-■.'-' ■■:'."!.':> :■-''';■; ".The'rooms' were: thrown 'open to the 'public' on Saturday eveninir. there being in attendanco'--of something like 400 people.-';:; 'v;-;:.: ;^V';;."/;: