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

  • Howard, Thomas (Dentist)
Date:
1859
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    inserted : I have no hesitation in affirming this to be one of the most important and useful operations that can be performed. The commencement and progress of decay are so insensible, that it may exist many years, and even the person himself often not be aware of it, till it has penetrated the very centre of the tooth; having reached the cavity, it there commands attention, on account of the severe tooth-ache it occasions. Of the various operations required for preserving carious teeth, and arresting all further progress of decay, stopping therefore takes the foremost place. This operation appears to have been among the first undertaken by those persons who assumed the name of Dentist. It was at all times considered to be a desideratum among the Profession, to Discover a White Succe- daneum, which would fill up, permanently,
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