Plain advice on the care of the teeth / [D.A. Cameron].

  • Cameron, D. A
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Plain advice on the care of the teeth / [D.A. Cameron]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    enamel, near the neck of the tooth, is from the acid always trickling off the festoon of the gum. The acid is usually confined for a long while to the spot first attacked, from the roughness it there creates. When the acid is copious and diffused over every part, a general denuding the teeth of their enamel takes place by the same process. The green or brown appearance following in the train of this decomposition, and marking the second feature of the malady, arises from the morti- fication of the tender cellular tissue of the enamel. Apply the Mineral Tooth Powder on a hard brush, if the gums permit, in order to rub off the decaying and offensive matter, afterwards to harden the affected part by polishing, and to neutralize the destructive acid. These objects are fully accomplished by the ingredi- ents of this sanitory dentifrice. The aljrading quality of the pumice soon removes the foul .spot from the teeth, and the hollow which is «een on its removal, being smoothed and