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CONTENTS.
CHAPTEK IV.
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Biological Studies on the Bacteria of the Mouth 68
Mouth-Bacteria Proper 69
Leptothrix buccalis . 70
Leptothrix innominata 72
Bacillus buccalis maximus 73
Leptothrix buccalis maxima 74
Jodococcus va£;inatus 74
Spirillum sputijenutn 75
Spirocha?te dentiuni 80
known ............ 80
Mouth-Bacteria which are Uncultivable nd whose Pathosrenesis is un
Mouth-Bacteria which give a Blue or Violet Eeaction with Iodine . 82
Pathogenesis ..........
Cultivable Mouth-Bacteria, partly Non- Pathogenic, partly of Unknow
Chromogenic Mouth- Bacteria ........ 83
90
The Bacteria of Diseased Pulps . . . . . . . 96
The Relation of Mouth-Bacteria to the Formation of Tartar 99

CHAPTEPv Y.
General Remarks ....... 102
Mouth-Bacteria as Exciters of Fermentation . 102
y^^. Lactic Acid Fermentation .... 105
A. Action of Mouth-Bacteria upon Carbohydrates
105
Formation of Gas in Lactic Acid Fermentatifn 110
3. The Acetic Acid Fermentation .... 112
2. The Spontaneous Butyric Acid Fermentation
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113
4. Diastatic Action of Mouth-Bacteria 113
5. Inverting Action of Mouth-Bacteria 113
B. Action of the Mouth-Bacteria on Albuminous Substances 115
C. Fermentation of Fats and Fatty Acids in the Oral Cavity 117
D. Nitrification and Denitrification in the Mouth . 117
CHAPTER VI.

tures OF the Mouth .... 119
Action of the Products of Fermentation on the Different Struc-
The Decay of the Teeth 119
The Stagnation of Depraved Juices in the Teeili 120
Disturbances of Nutrition as Cause of Decay 120
Inflammation Theory of Decay 121
Worm Theory of Caries 128
Putrefaction as Cause of Decay 129
Chemical Theorv of Dental Decav . 130