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pofe the befl inflrument is a fmall piece of 

 wood, like a butcher's fkewer, rendered 

 foft at the end. It is generally to be ufed 

 alone ; only once in a fortnight dip it into 

 a. few grains of gunpowder, which has pre- 

 vioufly been bruifed. This will remove 

 every fpot and blemifh, and give your 

 Teeth an inconceivable whitenefs. It is 

 almoft needlefs to fay, that the mouth muft 

 be well walked after this operation ; for 

 befides the neceffity of fo doing, the falt- 

 petre, &c. ufed in the compofition of Gun- 

 powder, would, if it remained, prove in- 

 jurious to the gums, &c. but has not, nor 

 can have, any bad effect in fo fhort a time. 



It is neceffary to obferve, that very near 

 the gums of people whofe teeth are other- 

 wife good, there is apt to grow a cruft, 

 both within and without, which, if neg- 

 lected, feparates the gums from the fangs 



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