The diseases of children's teeth : their prevention and treatment : a manual for medical practitioners and students / by R. Denison Pedley.

  • Pedley, R. Denison (Richard Denison), 1857-1925.
Date:
[1895]
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Credit: The diseases of children's teeth : their prevention and treatment : a manual for medical practitioners and students / by R. Denison Pedley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    5° .a tooth in sucli a condition may not be absolutely a foreign body (being, as already •elsewhere pointed out, kept in some sort of relationship with the rest of the organism by means of the periodontal membrane) yet the putrid remains of the pulp exposed to the atmosphere through the mouth, will not on]y Tender this cavity unpleasant and unwholesome, and possibly affect neighbouring teeth, but also will constitute a source of danger to the tissues at the bottom of the socket, •especially if the external outlet in the crown of the tooth become blocked by food or other substances. It is for these reasons that dead teeth, if allowed to remain in the mouth, should first be treated secundum artem by the dentist.