Dental caries; and, The prevention of dental caries.

  • Sewill, Henry
Date:
1888
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Credit: Dental caries; and, The prevention of dental caries. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to the removal of others of the set, most frequently bi- cuspids, as the best course to be pursued. The operation of filing and polishing the contiguous sur- faces of incisors and canines as a most effectual means of cutting short the progress of incipient caries in crowded jaws, is too well recognised to need comment here. 1 would merely note that this operation does not, according to my observation, answer where chronic inflammation and sponginess of gums prevails, as in the scrofulous subjects of whom I spoke. The regulating of teeth by means of mechanical apparatus may be of service in overcoming the cause of caries under discussion, but in the use of apparatus we must be on our guard lest we excite the very mischief which we desire to prevent. Regulating plates should not be allowed to chafe the teeth; above all, they should never be allowed to remain in place for more than a few hours at a time; they should be removed at frequent intervals and thoroughly purified; whilst with equal frequency the teeth should be well brushed with an antiseptic tooth powder, and thoroughly cleansed from the coating of food debris which is invariably retained upon their surface by the plates. THE END.
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