Dental disease in its relation to general medicine / by J.F. Colyer ; with the assistance of Stanley Colyer.

  • Frank Colyer
Date:
1911
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Credit: Dental disease in its relation to general medicine / by J.F. Colyer ; with the assistance of Stanley Colyer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) Locau. Simple Stomatitis.—The stomatitis is usually limited to the neighbourhood of the erupting tooth, and ig characterized by intense redness and swelling, the mouth at the same time being hot, the child fractious, restless, and in evident pain. The temperature may reach 104° or 105° F.; but it should be remembered that pyrexia in children readily supervenes upon slight causes. Ulcerative Stomatitis—In these cases the gums become hot, swollen, and painful, and these symptoms are especially marked over a certain tooth. Ulceration supervenes, and may extend to the gum around any other tooth already erupted. The ulcers thus formed have a sloughy appearance, the breath is footid and hot, the flow of saliva is increased, and the child rejects its food. In addition there is marked pyrexia and at times gastro-intestinal disturbance. Ulcerative stoma- titis is due to local infection and may often be traced to dirty feeding bottles or neglect of oral hygiene. It is interesting to note that as greater care in guch matters is exercised in dealing with oral hygiene the local disturbances associated with dentition decrease. Treatment.—Treatment of the local condition consists in giving strict attention to the hygiene of the mouth and the application to the gums of hydrogen peroxide ; a brisk purge should also be given. In cases where the ulceration shows signs of spreading, the application of an escharotic is advisable. The patient should be isolated. Superficial Cysts.—Small cysts are occasionally met with over erupting teeth. They do not in any way obstruct eruption, and, on being punctured, emit a smal] amount of clear fluid. The local disturbances accompanying eruption of the 2