The DentistS.W. Green's, 1880 - 56 pages |
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abscess alkali alveolar anatomy anesthetics Artificial teeth baby bicuspids bone bristles brush their teeth cause central incisors cheeks Chloroform clean commence crown cuspids deciduous teeth dental pulp dentifrice dentine denture desperately decayed Diagram showing digested dyspepsia evil exercise extent of decay fact favorable filling teeth fissures fluids force frail give relief glands gold Gymnastics hard invite decay irritated kind of toothache LANE lasting injury lateral incisors less lime lips and tongue manner matter medicinal mischief mouth movements muscles natural nerves oil of cloves operation owner pain patient perhaps permanent teeth phosphate places polish posi position present purpose reader reason removed requires a little result second set set of teeth side simple skill soft sometimes sore gums stomach styptic taste tedious TEETH DECAY teeth filled thread tion tooth sub tooth substance treatment trouble waxed floss silk wear wise
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Page 5 - Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Page 12 - ... set. The child will not and cannot chew on sore gums and teeth. The food will be put down and out of the way as soon as possible without the proper preparation of it for the stomach, and the result is early dyspepsia with its train of horrors. The one point of paramount importance which I wish to urge is. that the teeth should be kept clean from their first appearance through the gums, no matter how young the child may be, even if born with teeth, as some are. They should be kept as scrupulously...
Page 18 - If sloth or negligence the task forbear Of making cleanliness a daily care; If fresh ablution, with the morning sun, Be quite forborne or negligently done ; In dark disguise insidious tartar comes Incrusts th.e teeth and irritates the gums, Till vile deformity usurps the seat Where smiles should play and winning graces meet, And foul disease pollutes the fair domain, Where health and purity should ever reign.
Page 11 - ... by the way, one should use nothing but a quill tooth pick) and silk thread, than all the dentists can by performing their usual dental operations. It must not be inferred that we can, by any means, always or in every case avoid the necessity of filling children's teeth. But when cared for properly the defect would be detected at so early a stage that the operation for repair (filling) would be painless, not tedious, involving but little expense, and its durability beyond question. If not filled...
Page 12 - ... decaying, the mouth will be foul and unhealthy, the lips and tongue will be irritated, often severely, by the rough and ragged edge presented, the decay will be likely to reach the pulp, causing excruciating pain, the death and premature loss of the tooth and lasting injury to the jaws and position of the incoming set. The child will not and cannot chew on sore gums and teeth. The food will be put down and out of the way as soon as possible without the proper preparation of it for the stomach,...
Page 56 - As a people the Americans are singularly guilty of life-long and constant infraction of this rule, paying, however, the penalty of dyspepsia, with its numerous train of evils and premature decay.
Page 56 - ... concoct), the liquefaction and preparation of the food in the alimentary canal. The organs by which this function is performed in the higher animals are the mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, stomach, and intestines, with their accessory salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and mucous follicles. The first act to which food is subjected is the mechanical division by the teeth. This process is important in order to reduce the food from a crude mass to a finely divided pasty condition, in which it is more...
Page 12 - ... wish to urge is. that the teeth should be kept clean from their first appearance through the gums, no matter how young the child may be, even if born with teeth, as some are. They should be kept as scrupulously clean as the cheeks, the eyes, or the ears, for they will suffer more from neglect, even though milk be the only food for the younger years. The brush is the only thing that will accomplish this. — The Healthy Home. EIGHT WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD. Little Lizzie Meadows has lain speechless,...
Page 56 - When it is remembered what control, for good or for evil, the human race has over these processes, it must be admitted that a knowledge of the physiology of digestion is of the first importance to health and happiness.
Page 12 - ... dyspepsia with its train of horrors. The one point of paramount importance which I wish to urge is. that the teeth should be kept clean from their first appearance through the gums, no matter how young the child may be, even if born with teeth, as some are. They should be kept as scrupulously clean as the cheeks, the eyes, or the ears, for they will suffer more from neglect, even though milk be the only food for the younger years. The brush is the only thing that will accomplish this. — The...