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INDEX.

Leptothrix buccalis 69
Leiicomains 99
Ligature—use of in examining the teeth for caries 17
Litmus broth—for showing acid formation by micro-organisms.... 162
Management of cavities by classes 257
of children's teeth 219
of patients 201
Michaels', Dr. studies of saliva 126
Microbic plaques I39
Micrometer scale 58
Micron—the 161
Micro-organisms 44
Micro-organisms—conditions of growth of 51
forms of 57
illustrations of 59> 67
non-pathogenic 5^
pathogenic 56
putrefactive 55
temperature necessary to growth of 52
Mixing of amalgam i
Mixomycetes 43
Molds—house 42
Mouth—examination of the 5
Non-pathogenic micro-organisms 56
Nutrition 86
Occlusal surface—form of in relation to interproximate space 285
Oidium albicans 62
Order of examination for the caries of the teeth 13
Order of procedure in examination of mouth 8
Parasites 53
facultative 53
strict 54
Pathogenic micro-organisms 56
Pathological effects of Enzymes 100
Peridental membranes—examination of 9
Permanent teeth—delayed eruption of 233
Phagocytosis 127
Phanerogams 40
Physiology—essential features of—in animals and plants 75
of micro-organisms 74
of plant life 38
Pit and fissure cavities—examination for in adults and children. .. . 267
Plants—classification of 39
Planting micro-organisms 72
from saliva 81
Poisons formed— by plants 79
by micro-organisms 98
Position of the patient in the chair 12, 18
Predisposition to disease defined 172
Production of disease by bacterial poisons 103
Proximate cavities—in highly susceptible persons 277
in incisors—extension for prevention in 284
in incisors—occurring early 282
in mesial surface of first molar, while in contact with the
deciduous molar 278
in patients, 25 to 35 280
in persons of 20 to 40 284
time of occurrence of 277
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