. The science and practice of dental surgery. dite transmission of susceptibility to theonset of morbid conditions existing on itspart. Regarding sex, one cannot recognize withfacUity the differences either macroscopicallyor microscopically between male and femaleteeth. In a less degree than the hard parts, itmay, however, be assumed that the pulps ofthe teeth of the two sexes do really differ (11).There is some support for the theory of this differ- ence when the morphology of tlie dental tissuesis considered; and it would seem as if therewere some good grounds for the belief thatthe fact of


. The science and practice of dental surgery. dite transmission of susceptibility to theonset of morbid conditions existing on itspart. Regarding sex, one cannot recognize withfacUity the differences either macroscopicallyor microscopically between male and femaleteeth. In a less degree than the hard parts, itmay, however, be assumed that the pulps ofthe teeth of the two sexes do really differ (11).There is some support for the theory of this differ- ence when the morphology of tlie dental tissuesis considered; and it would seem as if therewere some good grounds for the belief thatthe fact of vascular alterations taking place inwomen at definitely-recurring intervals of timewould constitute a fundamental difference be-tween the two. There is a widespread belief inGreat Britain that in parturient women a lossof a tooth coincides with the biith of eachchild. Age plays a somewhat more prominent partin the determination of pulp diseases than thefactors just mentioned. There can be no deny-ing that, as time goes on, acute inflammation. t.^.¥?


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