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dentistryCare and treatment of the teeth and gums. Orthodontics deals with the straightening of the teeth for aesthetic and clinical reasons, and periodontics with care of the supporting tissue (bone and gums). The bacteria that start the process of dental decay are normal, nonpathogenic members of a large and varied group of micro-organisms present in the mouth. They are strains of oral streptococci, and it is only in the presence of sucrose (from refined sugar) in the mouth that they become damaging to the teeth. Fluoride in the water supply has been one attempted solution to prevent decay, and several vaccines against it are under development.
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In an episodical way he had studied and practised dentistry, and with very flattering success, especially in many of the factory-towns along our inland streams. I may have stood there for a dozen minutes, listening to the loud hall clock and to the gentle dentistry of Raffles in the mouth of the safe behind me, when a third sound thrilled my every nerve. |
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