Author : W. C. Barrett
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333937911
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (379 download)
Book Synopsis The Independent Practitioner, 1884, Vol. 5 by : W. C. Barrett
Download or read book The Independent Practitioner, 1884, Vol. 5 written by W. C. Barrett and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Independent Practitioner, 1884, Vol. 5: A Monthly Journal Devoted to Dental and Oral Science On examining the mouths Of a class Of children recently admitted to the institution, the teeth present no peculiarities worthy of special notice, except in most cases a lack of cleanliness, and an average amount of caries, not greater than we would expect to find in the mouths of the same number of children where no previous dental care had been given, and where brush and powder were unknown; the tooth structure-is Often quite soft and the decay is largely of the white variety, such as occurs in teeth deficient in min eral constituents. They come to the Institution from the lower walks of life as a rule, their parents in many cases being poor and unable to provide them with proper food and care as a natural result there are many whose dentures are riddled with caries. Pulps exposed, and the teeth 0 apparently melting away. In those whose deafness is acquired through disease, viz.: scarlatina, measles, cerebro-spinal meningitis, the teeth frequently bear evidences of the high febrile conditions through which the patient has passed, by pits in the enamel, crimped edges, defective form, imperfect developement or soft structure. The majority of the pupils are between the age of ten and twelve years. After a years residence in the Institution, during which they are given excellent care in all that relates to their physical welfare, a marked improvement will be observed in the character of their teeth; they will be found exceedingly hard and dense, making the wear and tear on cutting instruments very great. Excavators and chisels have to be tempered to the point of brittleness to be effective in preparing cavities; otherwise they will not cut the extremely hard structure. They are firmly set in their sockets, making them unusually difficult to extract. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
