The art of preventing the loss of the teeth, familiarly explained : also, an improved system of supplying their deficiencies and a description of the siliceous pearl teeth renovator; accompanied with testimonials from their Majesties' physicians and surgeons / by Joseph Scott.

  • Scott, Joseph (Dentist)
Date:
1833
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Credit: The art of preventing the loss of the teeth, familiarly explained : also, an improved system of supplying their deficiencies and a description of the siliceous pearl teeth renovator; accompanied with testimonials from their Majesties' physicians and surgeons / by Joseph Scott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TKE ATISE ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE TEETH AND THEIR PROPERTIES. Teeth are given to us by the great and all-wise Author of our being for the purpose of breaking and grinding our food, so essentially necessary to a good digestion ; with- out which the whole of the animal system becomes deranged. Hence it appears, that upon the action of the teeth principally depends all the healthy functions of the body. The teeth are vascular organised bones, possessing vitality, and are analogous to other bones, as regards their having nerves, blood-vessels, and absorbents, but are harder and whiter. They are commonly divided by anatomists into three parts,-the crown, neck, and fangs, and are placed one beside the other in the upper and under jaw. In adults (with a few exceptions) there are sixteen in each jaw; the part covered with B