RT Journal
A1 MAKUEN G
T1 THe faucial tonsils and the teeth
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD June 19
VO LII
IS 25
SP 1988
OP 1989
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.25420510022002d
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420510022002d
AB I have given my paper the above title, not because it is my purpose to say much about the teeth, but because I desire to emphasize the importance of the tonsils from the standpoint of the dentist. Tonsillar disease is so insidious in its origin that in most instances it goes unrecognized until the damage to the neighboring organs and even to the general health of the patient is almost irreparable. The tonsils and the teeth are alike at least in this one respect, and the time to cure either is before the disease begins. In other words, we do not see our patients early enough to give them the best kind of service. The tonsils and the teeth, on the other hand, are very unlike in respect to their physiologic importance to the human economy. No one questions, I suppose, the value of the teeth and the desirability of