Word: dentist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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According to students of the subject, there are three kinds of painkiller. Some deaden tissue locally. When the dentist shoots procaine, for instance, into gums, it painproofs that area only and keeps it from flashing pain messages toward the brain...
...Some dentists can't see the patient for his teeth. Occasionally, says Dr. (D.D.S.) Harold G. Ray of Northwestern University, the dentist ought to forget about molars and bicuspids and take a good look at the surrounding territory. In his preoccupation with cavities, the dentist may be overlooking other points of interest (such as signs of early syphilis) that the patient ought to know about...
...nearly a million World War II veterans have had their dentist bills paid by the U.S. Government. Total cost to the taxpayers: $67 million. The claims of 291,330 veterans for free dentistry are now going through the VA works. Another 200,000 are being treated (treatments may include everything from an amalgam filling to a full plate). In 1947 657,254 treatments were given at a cost of $42,698,627. Of these, 600,400 were by local dentists on a fee basis, the rest by the VA's own staff dentists...
...veteran with an aching molar may have to wait four months to get free care, or his dentist will have to wait four months for his pay. Typical question : If the veteran has one front tooth with a cavity that developed while he was in service, and this affected the tooth next to it, which can be filled? Answer: Only the tooth with the service-connected cavity. But if both teeth have to be pulled out, the VA will pay for a bridge for both gaps...
...Florence B., a scallop boat, was scalloping along off the New Jersey coast last week, in 105 feet of water, 50 miles southeast of Ambrose Lightship. Among the scallops the rake dredged up a curious object: a gigantic tooth that would have taken a Paul Bunyan dentist with forceps the size of crossed crowbars to extract. The tooth was 6.5 inches long and Weighed 3.7 pounds. The roots were rust-colored and scaly, but the hard crown was jet black, as if the owner had chewed betel nuts...