The natural history of the human teeth, including a particular elucidation of the changes which take place during the second dentition, and describing the proper mode of treatment to prevent irregularities of the teeth. To which is added, an account of the diseases which affect children during the first dentition / by Joseph Fox.

Date:
1803
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Credit: The natural history of the human teeth, including a particular elucidation of the changes which take place during the second dentition, and describing the proper mode of treatment to prevent irregularities of the teeth. To which is added, an account of the diseases which affect children during the first dentition / by Joseph Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    INTRODUCTION. The Natural History of the Teeth, although a subject cu- rious in its nature, and important in its application to human comfort, has not sufficiently engaged the attention of the practitioners of medicine and surgery. But the practice arising from the diseases and other circum- stances of the teeth, has of late years become very extensive, and the great comfort experienced when they are preserved in a healthy state, will cause them to be attended to, more universally. The same consideration of their importance, with which the minds of the inhabitants of the metropolis have been impressed, is fast spreading through the country, so that surgeons who from their situation are obliged to un- dertake every branch of practice, will soon find a new ob- ject presenting itself, and calling for their particular attention. Nature has provided for the purpose of mastication two sets of teeth, one adapted to the state of childhood, and another which is not brought to perfection until the time of completed adolescence, and which is designed to continue during the re- mainder of life. The preservation of the teeth during the 2 continuance