A guide for the proper treatment of the teeth : with a view to their preservation: containing a popular explanation of their structure and appendages, with directions for the management of them in health, and treatment in disease, together with observations on the best means of replacing them when lost / by W. Kencely Bridgman.

Date:
1846
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A guide for the proper treatment of the teeth : with a view to their preservation: containing a popular explanation of their structure and appendages, with directions for the management of them in health, and treatment in disease, together with observations on the best means of replacing them when lost / by W. Kencely Bridgman. 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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    CONTENTS. Page. Value and importance of the teeth 7 The effects of imperfect mastication 8 Construction of the teeth of animals which feed on) ,. vegetables j Formation of the teeth of the Carnivora or flesh eaters 13 Use of the gizzard ] 5 Structure of the teeth, and their appendages 16 The incisors, cuspids, bicuspids, and molars, described.. 17 The several parts of a tooth, and its coverings 19 Number of fangs to the different teeth 20 Stmcture of the internal nerve 21 Composition of the bone 22 Effects of acids upon the teeth 24 The first or temporary set 26 The appearance of the permanent teeth 27 Irregularity of position 28 Variations in the forms of the mouth 29 Influence of the palate on the shape of the denture 30 Means adopted for altering the positions of the teeth.. 31 Irregularity of position peculiar to certain forms of the ) palate i Position of the cuspid outside the dental arch 34