WHAT IS THE CAIJSE OF THE TEETH 

 BEING SO MUCH MOEE LIABLE TO 

 DISEASE AND EAELY DESTKUCTION 

 THAN OTHEE OEGANS OF THE BODY ? 



Bead June Isty 1857. 

 By WILLIAM ROBERTSON, Esq., 



BIRMINGHAM. 



We are constantly asked the question, "What is 

 the cause of the teeth being so much more liable to 

 disease and early destruction than any of the other 

 organs of the body ?" 



Now, that bones are highly organized and liable 

 to inflammation, and that they occasionally become 

 carious, are well-known facts; but it will be readily 

 admitted that decay in bones is of much rarer 

 occurrence than in the teeth; for where it occurs 

 once in the former, it takes place a million of times 

 in the latter ; and yet the destruction of both has 

 been attributed to the same cause. 



That the teeth are liable to early destruction is 

 also a well-known fact, for in many instances we find 

 that as soon as a tooth appears above the gums, an 

 attack is made upon it, and in a few short years its 

 destruction is accomplished Take, as an example, 

 the following case, which is one of common occur- 

 rence. Not long since, a gentleman consulted me 



