Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1903 — Electricity in Dentistry. [ARTICLE]

Electricity in Dentistry.

Electricity is taking the place of gas and ether in dental extraction. The current, which is of the form called high frequency, Is applied to the jaw where the operator desires to render It Insensible by meaas of a heat apparatus, and the patient feels nothing more than a slight heating of the affected part This method Is much safer than gas, cocaine and other anesthetics. r .