On the loss of teeth : and on the best means of restoring them / by Thomas Howard.

  • Thomas Howard
Date:
1857
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Credit: On the loss of teeth : and on the best means of restoring them / by Thomas Howard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    gum, must in a greater or less degree produce a corresponding irritation in the teeth, from the close connexion which subsists between them; and hence the accumulation of tartar, portions of food remaining between the teeth, or any similar circumstance, may possibly become an exciting cause of caries; and this, not only by means of inflammation propa- gated through the gum, but also by the exposure of the necks of the teeth to external agents, in consequence of the absorption of the gum and alveolar processes. The neces- sity of keeping the teeth in a constant state of cleanliness, and freedom from all extra- neous substances, is therefore enjoined as one of the best means of preventing the occur- rence of caries from the causes just mentioned.
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