The pathology of dental caries / by C. Spence Bate.

  • Bate, C. Spence.
Date:
1864
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Credit: The pathology of dental caries / by C. Spence Bate. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the tissue; thus bringing a newly-created or nascent carbonic acid into immediate contact with its salts, which are then carried away in solution. 7th. The removal of the bone-earth by allowing the death of the animal substance of the dentine, its decomposition gene- rates an increased supply of carbonic acid, and so on until the entire organ is broken down. CONCLUSION. The determination of the constitutional cha- racter in which the teeth are most liable to be attacked by caries is an object worthy of our consideration. Extended observation shows that the most opposite extremes appear as if under parallel influences; that teeth apparently well developed in an individual who appears to be healthy will rapidly decay, while in another they will remain sound. Similar teeth remain unaffected by caries in the mouth of a delicate or sickly person, whereas, again, we as frequently find them decay. Nay, more, it is not very unfrequent that we find teeth that we know to be defective in their organic structure, will remain free from