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Acids in the saliva —Note .... 69
CONTKNTS.
Effects of mercury on the teeth "'- • • 87
Effects of mineral acids on the teeth 91
Effects of vegetable acids on the teeth - - 91
Affinity or chemical attraction - - . . 91
PREVENTIVE TREATMENT OP CARIES * - 97
Effects of a crowded state of the teeth - 92
Extraction of the four posterior bicuspid teeth . • • 99
Extraction of the four anterior molarea • * 101
CURATIVE TREATMENT OP CARIES a - 104
Plugging the teeth r * 104
Utility of plugging the teeth - - * - 105
operation ... * - - 109
Manner of plugging the teeth that success may attend the
Reasons why the operation so often fails • • • • - 101
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Quacks—Note
Pain of dental operations ..... 107
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importance of employing a scientific dentist
importance of having dental 'operations for the cure of caries J.13
early performed "» - • « - 112
A fit state of the mouth for the performance of operations on
the teeth for the cure of caries .... \n
Treatment of the teeth when caries has progressed to the
nerve • • • - « • 115
Application of arsenic • • - - 115
Materials proper for plugging the teeth - 119
Cements—of little use * s- 121
Empiricism—the Crawcours- -Note » * 122
Filing the teeth » • * 129
Rules for filing the teeth - * - i 129
Utility of the judicious use of the file 131
Injurious effects of the injudicious use of the file 129
SCURVY IN THE GUMS - . * . -137
Species of the disease- - . 137
Symptoms - - . - - • -139
Causes '- - - - 139
Method of cure * 140
Disease easily cured * • * 141
TARTAR OF THE TEETH 149
Effects of tartar - 151