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been passed in the socket in the jaw of another.
I have said
enough upon this subject; the practice has fallen into just dis-
repute, and probably will never again be revived.
Our fifth material for replacing the teeth, or for making ar-
tificial ones is,

The Porcelain Teeth.

In this place, I only wish to discuss the merits of these

teeth, and take a short view of their history, whilst a de-
tailed method of making them will be found in another place.
It is to the ingenuity of the French dentists that we are in-
debted for the first intimation of the propriety of using the
same substances for making artificial teeth, as are used in
the manufacture of porcelain. According to Mr. Audi-
bran, who has probably written the best work now extant
upon this subject,* the manufacture of these teeth was sug-
gested, if not practised by Mr. Fauchard, as early as the
year 1728, and it is probable, says Mr. Audibran, that the
first suggestion, or at least that in this respect he had profit-
ed by the experience of the celebrated Reaumer, who con-
tributed so powerfully to the establishment of the royal man-
ufactory of porcelain at Sevres.f
The suggestions of Fau-
chard do not appear to have been much noticed for many
years, or were entirely forgotten.
An apothecary of St.
Germain, says Mr. Audibran, by the name of Duchateau,
was the first in modern times who made porcelain teeth.

* See Traite, Historique et pratique sur les Dents artificielles incorrupti-
bles, contenant les proredes de fabrication et d'application, par Joseph Au-
dibran, Chirurgieu Dentiste, hrevite du Roi, Paris 1821.
t See Le Chirurgien Dentiste, Tom. II. page 283, et suiv, Chap. XIV.
par Fauchard.
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