The teeth / by James W. White.

  • White, James W.
Date:
1880
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The teeth / by James W. White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Toronto, Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, University of Toronto.

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    but it may bo safely affirmed that, as a rule, unless this plan is pursued, naturo should bo left to remedy the evil rather than that par- ents should undertake to decide which teeth ought to bo extracted, and when; prema- ture extraction of the temporary teeth being almost sure to cause irregularity of the second set. If decay commences, the same care should be taken to prevent its extension as would be given to similar trouble in tho permanent teeth, and all cavities should bo filled with some one of the various ]:>reparations adapted to the purpose now in tho hands of the pro- fession. The premature loss of the first teeth is tho cause of much of tho irregularity and consequent disfiguration of so many mouths; and when it is remembered how much is in- volved in this loss,—not only tho ability to masticate the food and to enunciate correctly, but the comeliness of the face through life,— the importance of attention in season cannot fail to bo appreciated. A good rule is to have a dentist examine tho mouth, after the child is two and a half years old, at least twice a year, or oftener if necessary. The provision for a second or permanent set of teeth begins long before tho birth of