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Plugging the Teeth. 107
ed in one of the large double upper permanent teeth, and also
in one of the large double under teeth.
u
In 1783, applied to me James Russel, Esq. On examin-
ing his mouth, 1 discovered considerable decay in one of his
large double under teeth, and after cleansing out the cavity, I
plugged it. Mr. Russel lately informed me that the same
slopping and tooth remain perfect and firm to this day, (1825.)
" [ have no hesitation in affirming this to be one of the most
important and useful operations that can be performed."
Sigmond.
" The author had lately an opportunity of curing and after-
wards plugging with gold a carious and tender tooth, for one
of our most celebrated professors of music
; a' cavity in the
other side of which tooth had been successfully stopped, thir-
ty-six years before, by the father of the celebrated Talma.
He is also acquainted with the case of a well known medical
man in London, who has a serviceable tooth which has been
plugged forty-seven years."—/. P. Clark, page 69.
We have seen a great number of teeth, which have been
plugged ten, fifteen and twenty years, and are still perfectly
sound. We have twelve teeth in our own mouth, some of
which were operated on near seven years ago, and as yet they
do not show the least symptom of farther decay. We have
extracted many teeth plugged long before, and the pluggings
still remaining firm, decay having attacked other parts of the
teeth and caused their destruction. Finally, every dentist
who has practiced his profession on principles of science and
integrity, will bear the most unequivocal testimony of the
utility of plugging decaying teeth in the first stage of the
disease.*
* "If the operaricn of plugging is so useful and sure of success, how
is it that it so often fails, and is of no utility whatever 1" is a question
often asked us.—We answer, that such operations have not teen properly-
performed—that such services, as would ensure success, have not been
secured—that an empiric has been employed, or an ignorant incompetent
person, for the sate of economy. There are very many persons, "a
Plugging the Teeth. 107
ed in one of the large double upper permanent teeth, and also
in one of the large double under teeth.
u
In 1783, applied to me James Russel, Esq. On examin-
ing his mouth, 1 discovered considerable decay in one of his
large double under teeth, and after cleansing out the cavity, I
plugged it. Mr. Russel lately informed me that the same
slopping and tooth remain perfect and firm to this day, (1825.)
" [ have no hesitation in affirming this to be one of the most
important and useful operations that can be performed."
Sigmond.
" The author had lately an opportunity of curing and after-
wards plugging with gold a carious and tender tooth, for one
of our most celebrated professors of music
; a' cavity in the
other side of which tooth had been successfully stopped, thir-
ty-six years before, by the father of the celebrated Talma.
He is also acquainted with the case of a well known medical
man in London, who has a serviceable tooth which has been
plugged forty-seven years."—/. P. Clark, page 69.
We have seen a great number of teeth, which have been
plugged ten, fifteen and twenty years, and are still perfectly
sound. We have twelve teeth in our own mouth, some of
which were operated on near seven years ago, and as yet they
do not show the least symptom of farther decay. We have
extracted many teeth plugged long before, and the pluggings
still remaining firm, decay having attacked other parts of the
teeth and caused their destruction. Finally, every dentist
who has practiced his profession on principles of science and
integrity, will bear the most unequivocal testimony of the
utility of plugging decaying teeth in the first stage of the
disease.*
* "If the operaricn of plugging is so useful and sure of success, how
is it that it so often fails, and is of no utility whatever 1" is a question
often asked us.—We answer, that such operations have not teen properly-
performed—that such services, as would ensure success, have not been
secured—that an empiric has been employed, or an ignorant incompetent
person, for the sate of economy. There are very many persons, "a
