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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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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    I corrected a marked defect of this nature in the case of a Gentleman, in ] 843, by setting teeth behind the canines, three on one side and two on the other, by simply joining the stay plates together, and forming an even surface with the other teeth. In this way, the margins of the tongue could form an air- tight joint, so to speak, along its lateral mar- gins, which prevented completely the escape of the air into the cheeks. He was considered by his friends a regular stammerer; in fact, in speaking, his cheeks were vibrating like a pair of bellows. Again, it will be observed, that, as the air rushes over the apex of the tongue, the sounds will be modified by the front incisors being very close together or very far apart; hence, in filing teeth, very marked changes are some- times produced in the voice; also by the loss of a single tooth. If the tongue cannot come forward on account of the extreme narrowness of the upper jaw and projecting position of