Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1890 — Cranks on Teeth. [ARTICLE]

Cranks on Teeth.

Half the people who have occasion for the services of a dentist have hobbies about their teeth, or queer notion; about dentistry. N early every one wb< leaves an order for false teeth instruct* the dentist to furnish them with small ones that are a clear white and withoul a tinge of color. This, dental experts say, is a wrong idea. The size of ths teeth should be regulated by the natural ones, and the color by the coniplexionof the person. People with a dark complexion should have teeth with a bluish cast Dr. Ross Bryte, in a talk with a Pittsburg Commercial Gazette reporter, told of some peculiar people he had met in his professional capacity. A certain society belle had a beautiful set of teeth which nature had given her, but they were a trifle large to suit her shapely mouth, she thought. She went to her dentist and ordered him to extract them all. He at first refused to do so, as he thought it a great wrong to destroy handsome incisors. She insisted, and the destisl decided to humor her. After she had had her teeth all drawn she ordered a set of small ones, which were entirely unsuitable for her. Di mond setting in teeth, Dr. Bryte says, is the height of folly. Diamonds, to show their brilliance, must have light, and when they are set in teetl: thly are as dull as a piece of glass.