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INDEX.
Proximate cavities—the development of skill in the management of. 272
Proximate contact—flattening of—by wear 275
form of 274
Proximate fillings— prophylactic value of the form of 273
Proximate surface—changes of form of the 286
Ptomains 99
Pulp—exposed to carious process I53
preparation of sections of the dental 153
Pulse—importance of examinations of the 6
Relative immunity of different animals and men 114
Root filling before completion of growth of root 234
Root pads—of plants 87
Roots of permanent teeth— growth of 231
lengthening of 233
Sachs' experiment with rootlets of plants 87
Saliva—acidity of the 166
Saprophytes 53
facultative 54
strict 54
Scaler—use of in examination of the mouth 9
Second molars— pit decays in 265
Seeds—sprouting of 83
Self-limiting diseases 116
Sensitiveness of the teeth—thermal 253
Sepsin—septic matter—septicaemia Hi
Silver nitrate in treatment of caries of deciduous teeth 236
Slime molds 43
Smooth surface cavities 270
Softness and hardness of the teeth 178
Special infirmary work 32
Spirochsetes 70
Sprouting of seeds 83
Staphylococcus pyogenes 57> 65, 93
Streptococcus continuosum 63
media 62
pyogenes 62
Susceptibility and immunity 113
Tetrogenus 64
Thallophytes 41
Thermal sensitiveness—how caused 254
in upper incisors 285
of the teeth 253
treatment of • • 255
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Tomes, Sir John, discovered enlargement of dentinal tubes in caries 157
Tooth brush—frequency of using -206
injury to the teeth by the use of the 207
mouth wash used with the 207
Toothpick—use of the 208
Toxalbumins 99
effects of 109
Toxins 99 ^
Treatment of dental caries 192
Waste products 78, 89
Williams', Dr. J. Leon—work on dental caries 140
Use of force in filling teeth 23
methods of accurate study of the 23
Use of ligature in examining the teeth for caries 17
Vital phenomena in dental caries 183
Yeast plant—the 44, 61, 94

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