Lectures on the natural history and management of the teeth : the cause of their decay, the art of preventing its accession, and various operations, never hitherto suggested, for the preservation of such teeth as it is too frequently considered necessary to extract / by L.S. Parmly.

Date:
1820
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Credit: Lectures on the natural history and management of the teeth : the cause of their decay, the art of preventing its accession, and various operations, never hitherto suggested, for the preservation of such teeth as it is too frequently considered necessary to extract / by L.S. Parmly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Do they not give to Man the same healthful and spirited appearance ? And how tame do the face and features look when deprived of this appendage of character! As ff preliminary step to the consideration of their important functions, it will be proper to give a short view of their formation and ■ progress. 1 lie Temporary Teeth are originally formed with the alveoli or sockets by the process of secretion. At Birth, the bodies of ten Teeth, of a bony substance, appear distinctly shaped in each Jaw. As they proceed in ossification and more perfect shape, the investing membrane secretes a fluid from which a very white sub- stance is deposited upon the pulp. This is the Enamel, which is at first of a consistence not harder than Chalk; but, in Age’ ]t acquires such hardness that a file, in cutting it, is soon worn smooth. After Birth, the growth of the Teeth is Ji