A dissertation on artificial teeth: evincing the advantages of teeth made of mineral paste ... / by N. De Chémant.

  • Nicolas Dubois de Chémant
Date:
1816
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Credit: A dissertation on artificial teeth: evincing the advantages of teeth made of mineral paste ... / by N. De Chémant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The alveolar proceffes arc alfo affedted with difeafes which caufe the lofs of the teethe although they may otherwife be very found. But the objedt of this Diflertation being only to demonftrate the abfolute necef- fity of replacing loft teeth by fuch as are in- corruptible; 1 fhall not enter here into any account of the difeafes which affedi the mouth. This will be the fubject of a Trea- tife which I propofe to publifh at fome future The health depends; perhaps, more upon the trituration of the aliments in the mouth, than upon the choice of them. The author of na- ture, in providing man with teeth of different forms, has doubtlefs had in view the furnifh- ing him with the means of dividing and grinding the food before it is introduced into the ftomach. The incifor teeth divide it, the canine teeth penetrate and tear it, the molares grind it as in a mill. Thefe adtions prepare it for a moft eafy digeftion and perfedt nutrition. When the teeth are loft, it is im~
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