Modern Dentistry.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 11840, 10 February 1903, Page 7

Modern Dentistry.

Yesterday afternoon our reporter made a visit of inspection to the new {premises of the London Dental Company, which were specially designed and built for them by Mrs Willis. The building is situated at the rear of the old post and telegraph oinces in the Avenue, and adjoins Willis Hall. Itr is•approached from the Avenue by a vestibule, and also by means of a small by-entrance. The building itself is of brick, and is tastefull- designed and decorated. The rooms are lofty and wen positioned, and the furnishings throughout are of the most thorough and complete description. The main entrance is at the side by a large double door, opening into a fine vestibule or hall. Adjoining this is the main waiting room, a large elegantlyfurnished apartment with an ample supply of popular papers and pictorials. On the other side of the vestibvle, again, is the ladies' dressing rqm, designed with a view of affording the gentler sex the' utmost covenience and comfort. This room has the special advantage of a door which affords a means of private exit obviating the necessity of returning to the main waiting room after an operation. This advantage will no doubt be fully appreciated by the company's lady patrons. The next room, in the front of tihe buildi- is No. 1 surgery. This room has been .specially designed for dental.., operations, and it may well be claimed1 for it that it is absolutely perfect in every, detail. It is large and lofty, and is lighted by no less than six windows, throwing light upon the patient from all sides. It is beautifully ventilated, and fitted -with all the latest modern appliances, including v ) - :; • c-ysfcal-fountain spraying spittoon and new hydraulic operat. ing chair. Every requisite for extracting, capping, stopping, excising, crowning, and bridging teeth is within arm's reach of the operator, and wery possible convenience has been provided. Close to this is No. 2 surgery, which is intended for the purposes of extracting and fitting of plates only. This room is also excellently lighted and atroointed, and furnished with a first-class operating chair and all requisites. At the rear of the building is the mechanical department. The workroom is a large room surrourded by a broad bench with circular inlets for the workmen to sit in. All the machinery for the different processes—gold, silver, alloy, vulcanite, and celluloid—is en evidence, while the water suipply is well arranged. At the extreme rear, in a semidetached position, is the vulcanising room, which is so arranged that no offensive fumes from the vulcaniser, chemicals, or rubbers can permeate the main building. The whole establishment is as perfect to a detail as it is possible to attain, and the surgeon-manager, Mr Woodley A. Prowse j (surgeon dentist by exam.), may be congratulated %>oh having such a thoroughlyequipped .and elaborate establishment under his control.