Success in dental practice : a few suggestions relative to the most approved methods of conducting a practice / by C. N. Johnson.

  • Johnson, Charles Nelson, 1860-1938.
Date:
[1913], [©1913]
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Credit: Success in dental practice : a few suggestions relative to the most approved methods of conducting a practice / by C. N. Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    rately with regard to the probable utiHty of every instrument or appHance he examines, but that a man may come much nearer it than most dentists do is certain. The young dentist in par- ticular should form the habit of studying care- fully the instruments he buys, and should ordi- narily see a practical test of every instrument or appliance before he purchases it. This plan of procedure will not only save him many dollars in the course of a year but it is really of great advantage to the dealer who sells him his sup- plies. To purchase an instrument that proves ineffective in the buyer's hands is to create dis- affection, and it frequently brings about the re- quest to have the instrument exchanged for something else. This is always unsatisfactory to the dealer, because of the accumulation of second-hand material for which there is very little market. The irresponsibility of dentists in not knowing just what they want and in pur- chasing what they do not need is proverbial in our supply-houses, and the evil is so great to all concerned that it should be remedied if possible. The dealer is not in a position to remedy it, be- cause he cannot predict whether a certain appli;