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Miahle's Rational Dentifrice

Take of sugar of milk, 3 ounces; tannin (tan- TOOTH PASTES. drops; neroli, 4 or 5 drops; mix. Very teeth and gums. Prepared oyster-shell is serviceable in foul, lax, or bleeding gums, commonly substituted for the coral, and a little loose or rotten teeth, &c. As a tooth powder red bole added to color it. it is improved by the addition of 1 ounce each of burnt hartshorn and cuttle-fish bone. ooth Pa Pastes; Tooth Elec- 1296. Deschamp's Dentifrice for Removing the Yellow Color from Teeth. Take of dry hypochlorite of lime, 1/2 drachm; red coral, 2 drachms; triturate well and mix tuaries; Pates pour les thoroughly. This powder is employed in the following manner: a new brush is slightly Dents. These may consist of any of the moistened, then dipped in the powder and ap- substances ordinarily used as dentifrices, replied to the teeth. According to Deschamp, duced to the state of inpalpable powder, and a few days' use of this powder will produce a marked alteration in the appearance of the the teeth, which will acquire a white color.

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