TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe faucial tonsils and the teeth
AU  - MAKUEN G
Y1  - 1909/06/19
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.25420510022002d
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1988
EP  - 1989
VL  - LII
IS  - 25
N2  - 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
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.25420510022002d
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.25420510022002d
ER  -