Letters to a mother, from a mother, on the formation, growth, and care of the teeth
By: by M. W. J.
Edition: Private ed.
Publisher: H.M. and H.E. Ragon
Published: 1899
Place of publication: Bath, Maine
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
Subjects: Tooth Eruption; Oral Hygiene; Tooth; Child
Other titles: Advice to mothers on the care of the teeth
Notes: "Extract from "Education of Mothers", by "Mrs. M. W. F." in Southern Dental Journal, October, 1883."--P.6.

WVU Library's copy has bookplate on inside front cover: St. Louis Dental Society.

"[Written] by the wife of a dentist, Mrs. M. W. J. "--T.p.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Letter I. How the body is built up; title: importance of the teeth in the human economy; title: Letter II. When and how the teeth are formed; title: Letter III. What the teeth are, and of what they are formed; title: Letter IV. Food principles; title: Letter V. Where the elements of tooth substance are found; title: calcium; title: Letter VI. Other chemical elements; title: Letter VII. Effects of disease upon tooth-structure; title: Letter VIII. Dentition and disease; title: Letter IX. Care of the teeth, temporary and permanent, in sickness and in health; title: Letter X. Weaning/Infants food; title: Letter XI. Why the baby-teeth should be preserved; title: Letter XII. Filling the baby's teeth; title: Letter XIII. Eruption of the permanent teeth; title: Letter XIV. Causes of decay/Prevention; title: Letter XV. Diseases of the soft tissues of the mouth; title: Letter XVI. Diseases resulting from decayed teeth; title: Conclusion.