The International Dental Journal 1896 Vol 17 A Monthly Periodical Devoted To Dental And Oral Science Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The International Dental Journal, 1892, Vol. 13: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Dental and Oral Science The old man who had lost all but two of his teeth and thanked God that those met, had some conception Of the value of artica lation. Many people with the mouth half full of teeth could not thank God for more masticating surface than this Old man bad, because their teeth strike together so badly that only a few are capable of mastication. The fact that such are Often pretty healthy people does not in the least prove that a very limited masticating surface is not most deleterious in its general effect. I believe the perfect articulation of the teeth is the true physiological basis towards which our operations should be directed. I have been criticised for assuming a perfect articulation as a standard, because I have not been able to Show an absolutely perfect articulation; but this criticism is misleading and unjust. 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.