The history and treatment of the diseases of the teeth, the gums, and the alveolar processes, with the operations which they respectively require. To which are added, observations on other diseases of the mouth, and on the mode of fixing artificial teeth / By Joseph Fox.

  • Fox, Joseph, 1776-1816.
Date:
1806
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The history and treatment of the diseases of the teeth, the gums, and the alveolar processes, with the operations which they respectively require. To which are added, observations on other diseases of the mouth, and on the mode of fixing artificial teeth / By Joseph Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    venience which always follows, the loss of the teeth, makes the discovery of some mode of prevention of caries very desirable* This delightful secret, although it is pretended to in the advertisements of eveiy quack, we can only expect to acquire when the philosopher’s stone and the grand panacea have been obtained. It is not in our power to alter the laws of nature, or change the natural constitution of man; we can only obviate evils by attending to the causes which produce them, and it is in this manner we can, in a very great measure, preserve the teeth from disease. The principal means of preserving the teeth from decay, consist in paying such a degree of attention to them in early life, during the period of the second dentition, as to allow the per- manent teeth to acquire a proper regularity, without pressing too much upon each other; and, at the same time, if the tempo- rary teeth should become decayed, and be in contact with any of the new teeth,, they should be removed. When these circumstances have been observed, young persons should be urged to keep their teeth very clean, and the daily use of a tooth brush, with water only, will in most cases be quite suffi- cient. In addition to cleanliness, the habitual use of all kinds of