Excerpt from Artificial Teeth Without Plates: The Merits and Claims of Crown and Bridge-WorkI assume it to be a self-evident truth, that the true purpose of the conscientious dentist should be the exercise of his best efforts for the conservation of those conditions In the mouth which are in bar mony with the laws which govern the organism as a unity.That continued integrity of the body which we designate by the term health is primarily dependent upon the digestion and assimila tion of food-material. Perfect digestion must begin in the mouth with the proper mastication of food. The preservation of the nat ural teeth, therefore, or the maintenance of the mouth in that con dition which we find when there are healthy, well-preserved teeth, is the end toward which our energies as specialists should be directed.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.