. Dental process. Thealveolar process is a sort of a spongy bone that surrounds theteeth which acts as a cushion for the teeth, so that severeshocks will not break them as it would if they were set insolid bone. I wish to call your particular attention to thispoint where the gum is attached at the neck of the see there is a free margin that follows up the edge of the *An illustrated talk given before the Southwestern MichiganDental Society, Grand Rapids, April 14-16, 1908. TH : DENTAL SUMMARY 885 enamel before it folds back. It is under this free marginthat the tartar is th
. Dental process. Thealveolar process is a sort of a spongy bone that surrounds theteeth which acts as a cushion for the teeth, so that severeshocks will not break them as it would if they were set insolid bone. I wish to call your particular attention to thispoint where the gum is attached at the neck of the see there is a free margin that follows up the edge of the *An illustrated talk given before the Southwestern MichiganDental Society, Grand Rapids, April 14-16, 1908. TH : DENTAL SUMMARY 885 enamel before it folds back. It is under this free marginthat the tartar is the most liable to begin to form, and it isone of the reasons we advise frequent visits to your will not discover it yourselves, and it is the principalcause of many of the alveolar disturbances. There is one wayfor you to detect its presence. If at any time your gums areinclined to bleed easily, it is almost invariably because of thetartar that has collected there and you should hasten to haveit Fourteenth Slide Fifteenth Slide Copyrighted by Haskell Postgraduate Slide. This is a front view of the upper and lower jaws withthe frontal plates of bone removed, showing the distributionof nerves and blood-vessels to the teeth. I will not discussthis at length here. 15th Slide. This is a side view showing how the upper and lowernerves are joined together and where they enter the brain. 16th Slide. This is an outline sketch of the facial distribution of thefifth pair of nerves. I like to compare the nervous system tothe telegraph or telephone system. In this way I think I can 886 THE DENTAL SUMMARY make a more lasting impression on the younger minds. Itell them that I think God considered the teeth among themost essential organs of the human system because He hasmade them so sensitive. Were it not for this sensitivenessthe teeth could decay or become injured and we would notknow anything about it, and the first thing we would know wewould be without a
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