Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — Odd Tooth Filling. [ARTICLE]

Odd Tooth Filling.

Dr. S. S. Davidson, of Ottawa, Canada, in the Dominion Dental Journal, says: “On June 14, a physician practicing in Ottawrn, and well known for his hunting propensities, came to my office to have a low T er wisdom tooth treated. After this was accomplished he asked o»e If there were any other teeth in that vicinity that required treatment. Examining the second molar, I found what I thought to be an amalgam filling in the grinding surface, which had the appearance of years of service. I remarked that the filling in this tooth was still giving good service. He declared be never had a tooth filled, and never before had required the services of a dentist. Upon closer examination I found the cavity filled with a grain of No. 4 shot. This had been jammed in so hard that it completely stopped the opening to the cavity. Around die edge an oxide had formed, and to all appearance was preserving that tooth as well as the most carefully inserted gold tilling. The only way the worthy doctor could account for it was in eating a tempting morsel of wild duck, of which he is very fond. The shot being embedded in the meat had crowded into the cavity unknown to him and there remained. Strange to say, he would not have it removed and replaced by a more costly filling, remarking ‘That is good enough for me.’ ”