. The X-ray in dentistry . , radi-ograms cannot be depended upon alone indental diagnosis; they must be confirmed byexamination of the teeth, and only a dentist of ii 6* The X-ray in Dentistry experience is competent to make this examina-tion, compare it with the films, and render acorrect interpretation. <& The X-ray equipment in my office consists oftwo complete outfits, one for diagnosis and one forroot-canal work, in charge of an expert in X-raytechnique. My own time is given up largely toX-ray diagnosis, and I make it a point to pass onall obscure and unusual cases personally.^1 My fee
. The X-ray in dentistry . , radi-ograms cannot be depended upon alone indental diagnosis; they must be confirmed byexamination of the teeth, and only a dentist of ii 6* The X-ray in Dentistry experience is competent to make this examina-tion, compare it with the films, and render acorrect interpretation. <& The X-ray equipment in my office consists oftwo complete outfits, one for diagnosis and one forroot-canal work, in charge of an expert in X-raytechnique. My own time is given up largely toX-ray diagnosis, and I make it a point to pass onall obscure and unusual cases personally.^1 My fee for single radiograms is $; for theentire mouth $ This latter does not mean afew films of the ordinary kind, many of which areindistinct and worthless ;but anywhere from ten totwenty exposures, giving different angles of themore inaccessible teeth, so as to be able to make anaccurate diagnosis. <J This fee also covers consultation with thepatients physician, when necessary, either at myoffice or by I imperialist* i t* No man is born into this worldwhose work is not born with him. w HEN I entered my fathers office in 1877, abright man could learn all there was to* dentistry in a few months. It was custom-ary in those days for a student to pay one or twohundred dollars to a dentist for the privilege ofpicking up in the latters office whatever crumbsof dental knowledge he could in a year. But beforethe end of that period the student often knew asmuch as his preceptor, and hung out a signannouncing, to a world unprotected by healthlaws, the professional birth of a surgeon-den-tist. Now, however, dental knowledge has grownuntil the crumbs have become a loaf, requiring\ four years of kneading at college, and as manymore of baking in active practice, before it isfit to serve. Even then, after eight years of studyand work, the average dentist does not possessmanual dexterity in more than one branch of hisprofession, no matter how well grounded he maybe in general
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