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Title: Proceedings of the North Carolina Dental Society (serial)
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: North Carolina Dental Society
Subjects: Dentistry Societies, Dental
Publisher: Raleigh, N.C. : North Carolina Dental Society
Contributing Library: Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection, an LSTA-funded NC ECHO digitization grant project

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l with a disproportionin favor of long bones will present a mal-occlusion, as we believethumb-sucking is an etiological factor. We further believe that all fat people with normal body measure-ments will present normal dental arches, normal jaw development,and therefore normal occlusion. In closing this brief discussion, my appeal is for a broader visionin diagnosing all phases of dental deficiencies. We should seefurther than that which is confined between the nose and chin.Our real worth to humanity depends upon the development of ateaching entity which directly correlates the diseases and deformi-ties of the mouth and jaws with the entire body. 20 DocTOBs Building. (The author wishes to acknowledge the valuable assistance af-forded him by Dr. Arch Elkin, Medical Director of The GoodSamaritan Clinic.) President Horton: I am sure we have all enjoyed this wonderful paper and Iam frank to say that I am willing to prophesy just a little on 102 Peoceedings JSToeth Carolhsta Dental Society
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Figure 3 This case shows the usual disproportion of a hypo-gonad. Note the mani-fest difference in the long and torso measurement as described in the bodyof this paper. According to Englebachs Classification, which is used in thisclinic, all hypo-gonads show this picture and in our experience they haveall shown poorly developed arches. In this case the epipheseal unions arelacking and although 20 years of age, she has never menstruated. Proceedings JSToeth Caeolina Dental Society 103 this line. I believe tliat the endocrine glands in the next tenyears are going to open possibilities for dentists and medicalmen that we little dream at present. I had the pleasure ofreading the paper and seeing the lantern slides of Dr. Tuckersat the Virginia meeting last year, and^ then seeing Dr. Howardsdemonstration here proves beyond a question of doubt that everydentist should equip himself with all the literature he can geton this subject and study carefully because I am satisfiedbeyond a question

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