Prevention of Dental Caries and Oral Sepsis.

Abstract

This will interest both the dentist and the physician, but will be read more by the research man than by the average practitioner. The book is largely theoretical, but the theories are fairly well supported by experiments, which seem to verify some of the theories. The chapter dealing with the futile attempts of preventing or controlling tooth decay by the use of antiseptic mouth washes and tooth pastes is convincing; so also is the author's condemnation of large tooth brushes. One cannot agree with him in the statement that "the mouth should be held wide open" when one is brushing the teeth. When the mouth is held wide open, there is insufficient room between the buccal sides of the upper molars and the cheek for even a small brush; especially is this true of the second and third molars. The author most properly favors oral prophylactic work for young children.