The art of preserving teeth / by Nathaniel Peabody.

  • Peabody, Nathaniel, 1774-1855.
Date:
1824
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Credit: The art of preserving teeth / by Nathaniel Peabody. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    him. In short, his teeth were in perfect order, and his gums had become healthy and had con- tracted about his teeth. A prejudice against brushing teeth, has often originated from brushing when the teeth and gums are in an improper state, viz. when teeth are co- vered with a coat of tartar, the gums are always in a state of disease. The tartar operates upon them constantly like an irritating substance, and keeps them in a continual state of ulceration. People, finding their teeth and gums in this con- dition, have tried brushing to remedy the evil. But they find that brushing causes the gums to bleed, and apparently increases the complaint. Hence they infer, that brushing teeth is perni- cious ; and their conclusion under these circum- stances- is correct.—First, remove the tartar and give the gums an opportunity to heal, and then brushing will produce a salutary effect. On Repairing defective Teeth. In the preceding pages, we have treated of the teeth in their sound state, that is, when they have undergone no other disease than that which arises from the tartar.