A brief explanation on the use and abuse of dental surgery : containing a few remarks on the diseases of the teeth, how decayed teeth can be preserved, and lost teeth restored, &c. &c. / by J.R. Dillingham.

  • Dillingham, J. R.
Date:
1844
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Credit: A brief explanation on the use and abuse of dental surgery : containing a few remarks on the diseases of the teeth, how decayed teeth can be preserved, and lost teeth restored, &c. &c. / by J.R. Dillingham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    The practice of Dental Surgery has now become an honorable profession, and its important relation to human welfare has begun to be extensively ap- preciated. The public have become convinced that something more than mere pretension and handicraft is requisite to its successful and satisfactory performance. Fortunate are they who ohtain the services of a skilful and judicial operator. Still more fortunate are those who by a careful attention to the contents of this little book, shall be preserved from the evil and pain to which the teeth are liable. Within the few past years great advance has been made in the science of Dental Surgery, and its practice rendered more safe and efficacious, by well contrived instruments for its performance. The introduction of indestructi- ble mineral teeth instead of those hitherto used which are liable to speedy decay, constitutes an important era in the Science. We are now prepared to remove much of the deformity, and to prevent much of the anguish, and many of the tears which have been too often occasioned by diseases of the teeth.