The prevention of dental caries and oral sepsis, being the Cartwright prize essay of the Royal college of surgeons of England for 1906-1910 with some additions / by H. P. Pickerill.

  • Pickerill, H. P. (Henry Percy), 1879-1956.
Date:
1912
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Credit: The prevention of dental caries and oral sepsis, being the Cartwright prize essay of the Royal college of surgeons of England for 1906-1910 with some additions / by H. P. Pickerill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS CHAPTER • PAGE I. HISTORICAL ------ I II. THE INCIDENCE OF DENTAL CARIES - - 9 III. PATHOLOGY OF DENTAL CARIES - - - l8 IV. THE RESISTANCE OF THE ENAMEL SURFACE AS AFFECTED BY THE DISPOSITION OF THE TEETH - 2/ V. THE ENAMEL SURFACE : ITS PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES AND POWERS OF RESISTANCE - 49 VI. THE ODONTOGRAPH - - - - - 60 VII. ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE IMBRICATION LINES 6/ VIII. DEPARTURES FROM THE NORMAL STRUCTURE, AND THEIR PATHOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE - 79 IX. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ENAMEL SURFACE - QO X. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF ENAMEL - XI. THE SALIVA - - - - - 125 XII. THE REDUCTION OF THE CARBOHYDRATE FACTOR BY PHYSIOLOGICAL MEANS - - - - IQQ XIII. THE REDUCTION OF THE BACTERIAL AND CARBO- HYDRATE FACTORS BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS - 2l6 XIV. ON THE INOCULATION OF THE MOUTH WITH OTHER ORGANISMS ----- 234 XV. THE DIET OF RACES RELATIVELY IMMUNE TO CARIES 247 XVI. THE DIETARIES OF MODERN CIVILIZATION : THEIR ERRORS AND CORRECTION - - - 269 XVII. EDUCATIONAL MEASURES - - - - 283 XVIII. THE NEED FOR SPECIAL LEGISLATION - - 292 INDEX ...... 298 LIST OF AUTHORITIES - - - - ^07