A treatise on the disorders and deformities of the teeth and gums ... with cases and experiments / By Thomas Berdmore.

  • Thomas Berdmore
Date:
1768
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Credit: A treatise on the disorders and deformities of the teeth and gums ... with cases and experiments / By Thomas Berdmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *6 ] and that coat, which was given in in¬ fancy, would be too flender for the ufes of long life. Nature, therefore, has kindly placed under the Milk-teeth, the ftamina of another fet, which in due time ac¬ quires a greater Size and Solidity than the former, and by their conftant pref- fare on the roots of the Milk-teeth, rob them of their nourifhment and hold, and finally pufli them entirely out of the fockets. Hence, in children of two or three years, we find ten grown Teeth in each jaw, ten ftamina under them, and alfo the ftamina of the fix Molares which come forth afterwards. Before we conclude this part, I think it neceflary to relate an obfervation, which, although unfupported by the ■ evidence