Excerpt from Mouth Bacteria: An Essay Presented to the Canadian Oral Prophylactic Association Mouth bacteria I mean to discuss in a very general way, especially from the standpoint of my own acquamtance with them, and especially from the standpoint of dental decay. Of all the disorders to which we are heir it seems that dental decay strikes us most frequently and universally. In the popular mind it is one of the most disturbing disorders, and, of course, in dental practice it is perhaps the most universally frequent. What ...
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Excerpt from Mouth Bacteria: An Essay Presented to the Canadian Oral Prophylactic Association Mouth bacteria I mean to discuss in a very general way, especially from the standpoint of my own acquamtance with them, and especially from the standpoint of dental decay. Of all the disorders to which we are heir it seems that dental decay strikes us most frequently and universally. In the popular mind it is one of the most disturbing disorders, and, of course, in dental practice it is perhaps the most universally frequent. What causes decay of the teeth is a practical prob lem, and especially, if the answer to that can be found, how can we control the cause when we discover it? I believe you are familiar with the current conception regarding the factors that induce decay of the_teeth.. Let me repeat them simply to be sure we have a working basis to proceed upon. The current theory would, condensed, very briefly put it this way: The acid sub-stance made on tooth surface repeatedly at a parti onlar point causes solution of theenamel at that point, expos ing the dentin, with solution of the dentin likewise, and ex posure of the pulp likewise, if the process goes on long enough. The acid which is made at a given point repeatedly, which dis solves the enamel and penetrates, is made from carbohydrate by bacteria, the bacteria being invariably and always present everywhere in the mouth, the carbohydrate from'which the destructive acid is made being localized at points where the solution occurs. I have condensed that, I believe, in the few est possible terms. Acid as the destructive agent, bacteria the factors that makethe acid, carbohydrate the substance that yields the acid, and what must always be kept in mind in running through this conception is localization and repeated production at the given point through a long period of time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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