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9G — Diseases of the Teeth.
of these parts, which if not as perseveringly opposed, baffled
or removed, will pursue the health ami vitality of the teeth
until they have eradicated these useful and beautiful organs
from the mouth. Had the all-wise Author of nature intended
that the teeth of man should be lost in his declining years,
and this be a necessary consequence of age, it would always
be the case, and an old man with teeth would be a hisus na-
tural. But this is not the case ; a vast many aged persons go
down to the grave possessing sound and beautiful teeth. It
should be always remembered, that the teeth fail only in the
same ratio as the other organs of the system, and that their
local diseases are not the natural consequence of age, but of
other causes; and if prevented and prcsevcringly obviated,
that it is in the power of every individual by early persever-
ing, and judicious attention to his teeth, to preserve them to an
advanced age." Filch on the Teeth. Page 427.
The universality of caries of the teeth, and the frequency of
the diseases of the gums and sockets, show that they are ex-
tremely liable to disease, and the necessity of early attention,
for preventive treatment.
For proof of the doctrine that the teeth of most persons
may be preserved to the end of life, see the preventative and cura-
tive treatment of the diseases of the teeth.

[e>-d of the inaugural dissertation.]