The parents' dental guide : a treatise on the diseases of the teeth and gums from infancy to old age : with observations on amalgams, cements, & etc. and remarks on the construction of artificial teeth / by William Imrie.

  • Imrie, William
Date:
1834
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Credit: The parents' dental guide : a treatise on the diseases of the teeth and gums from infancy to old age : with observations on amalgams, cements, & etc. and remarks on the construction of artificial teeth / by William Imrie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    tent in all cases to fulfil her intention of arranging the teeth in perfect order in the jaw ; the pre- sent artificial mode of living has a tendency to frustrate her; and unfortunately the great bulk of the medical profession (which ought to be the guide in this matter,) appears to be as unac- quainted with dental diseases as the public at large; and a patient is too often subjected to a long course of medicine in the hope of relieving a malady, which might be better and more speedily remedied, by restoring to the teeth their power of mastication, on which the comfort of the stomach mainly depends. Were medical gentlemen more observant of this, the teeth, by the timely assistance of the dentist, might be perserved to a very late time of life, and the phrase old age would cease to be synony- mous with a toothless person. The Author of the following work hopes, therefore, to effect some good by what he now ventures to lay before his readers. He has not confined his observations solely to the means of preserving the teeth, but has endeavoured to
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