DENTAL INSTRUMENTS. More than twenty years ago it was determined that this house should manufacture instruments of a higher quality and of better finish than had ever been placed within the reach of the dental profession. That there was great room for improvement, and a necessity for a better class of implements to meet the needs of the growing ambition and the increasing manipulative skill of dental operators, admitted of no question. In form, in temper, and in finish, a new departure was imperatively demanded. From that day to this, without regard to expense, we have spared no effort to get out all that skill, ingenuity, and patient industry could produce from steel, in order that we might claim, without fear of successful contradiction, to lead the world in dental instruments. It is a common remark of physicians and surgeons nowadays when examining our stock of dental instruments, "No wonder American dentistry has made the No surgical instruments are to be had which in adaptation to progress it has. the uses intended, in temper, or in finish are at all comparable to these." The dental profession has been quick to perceive and prompt to avail itself of these manifest advances, and we are glad to acknowledge that the appreciation thus shown has been a constant stimulus to fresh effort and further progress. We point to-day with pardonable pride to the universal acknowledgment that our products in Steel--Pluggers, Excavators, Scalers, Burs, Forceps, etc.-excel all other goods of their kind to be found in the world, because we believe the distinction has been earned. We have observed, compared, reflected, and recorded; we have gathered patiently and perseveringly the suggestions and criticisms of the dental profession through many years; we have adopted from every available source improved methods of manipulation; we have made many experiments and modifications, wresting success from our very failures. Upon the outcome we challenge the world to produce like combinations of delicacy, temper, and strength. As is usually the case with successful efforts of this character, our productions have been extensively copied, and there are more imitations on the market to-day than ever before. The productions of other establishments in our line, during the past fifteen or twenty years, have been mainly imitations of goods first Nearly all the instruments and appliances which have brought out by us. marked real progress in the dental art have been introduced by this house. These imitations, especially of the smaller instruments, are frequently difficult of detection by mere sight, but in use their inferiority becomes painfully apparent to one accustomed to our goods. The small saving in cost is no compensation for the difference in quality, for to the dentist the best is always the cheapest. There is no necessity for any dentist to accept other makes of goods if ours are desired. If ours are not obtainable elsewhere, a direct order to us, with re mittance, will receive prompt attention. THE S. S. WHITE DENTAL M'F'G CO., Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Brooklyn. World's Premium Teeth. A STATEMENT OF FACTS. Abundant justification for the bestowal of the above apppellation upon our Porcelain Teeth is found in the long line of first awards which they have received. Starting with a Gold Medal, awarded at the American Institute Exhibition at New York in 1848, the list of testimonials of similar character has steadily grown, no year having passed without contributing its quota. Wherever and whenever our Teeth have been placed in competition they have carried off the honors. This is emphatically true of the Great World's Fair, beginning with the first (Crystal Palace,) held in London in 1851, and ending with the Cotton Centennial at New Orleans, ten in all. Whenever graded premiums, denoting degrees of merit, have been granted, we have uniformly received the highest. Three conspicuous examples may be given,-Paris, 1867; Vienna, 1873; Paris, 1878. At the first Paris Exposition Universelle in 1867 a Gold Medal was awarded to Samuel S. White. No other manufacturer of porcelain teeth was similarly honored. At Vienna Gold, Silver, and Bronze Medals were conferred to distinguish degrees of merit; but above and beyond even the Gold Medal was the Grand Diploma of Honor, which was conferred as the "peculiar distinction of eminent merits." Of the hundreds of individual exhibits from the United States, only four were esteemed worthy of this "peculiar distinction." Medals, especially those of bronze, were lavishly bestowed. The Grand Diploma of Honor, the "only really valuable distinction," was awarded to Samuel S. White. It seems necessary, even at this date, to repeat the statement that the highest award received by any other manufacturer of Porcelain Teeth was a Bronze Medal. At the Paris Exposition of 1878, graded Medals were conferred. In the department of Dentistry four medals were granted to exhibitors from the United States. Three of them were of Bronze and were received by our competitors; the fourth was of Gold and was presented to Samuel S. White. In the light of the foregoing facts a Bronze Medal would seem to have small claim to the honor of "First Medal" or "Highest Award" at either the Vienna Exposition or the Paris Exposition of 1878, Most of the World's Fairs, besides those already mentioned, conferred but one medal on all alike whose exhibits were deemed worthy of award, relative merit being indicated, if at all, by discriminating reports of the Judges. The American Centennial, Philadelphia, 1876, is a type of these. The announcement by an exhibitor that he received the "First Medal" at the Centennial is evidence either of misapprehension of the system of awards or of willful intention to mislead. Every medal conferred was of bronze. The highest award could only be determined by comparing the Judges' Reports on the various exhibits. In proof of our claim that we received the highest award, we submit a copy of the Official Report on our exhibit: Group No. 24. Product, Porcelain Teeth. Exhibitor, The undersigned, having examined the product herein described, respectfully recommend the same to the United States Centennial Commission for award, for the following reasons, namely: 1. That while equal to all others in color, texture, and translucency, they are DECIDEDLY SUPERIOR in a faithful reproduction of the physiological characteristics of the natural organs, both in the individual teeth and relatively to the entire set. 2. Their conformation with reference to close and easy adaptation to the maxillary arch shows careful study of the needs of both patient and operator. 3. For the various and numerous deviations from uniformity of arch and outline, simulating the irregularities of nature, and thereby disarming suspicion of their artificial character. 4. For the skillful distribution of tooth-material in such manner as to secure the greatest amount of strength with the least bulk and weight, and for the peculiar form and insertion of the platinum pins. For the maintenance of these good qualities, through an immense variety of size, color, and form of each class of teeth, EXCELLING ANY OTHER EXHIBIT. Signed, C. B. WHITE, M. D. J. H. THOMPSON, M. D. W. ROTH, M. D., Surgeon-Gen'l Saxony, Germany. One Hundred and Three First Premiums-and we mean FIRST; no award being reckoned as a first premium which was not the highest in our classestablishes our claim that our Porcelain Teeth are justly entitled the World's Premium Teeth. The S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co., Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Brooklyn. |