A treatise on the disorders and deformities of the teeth and gums ... with cases and experiments / By Thomas Berdmore.

  • Thomas Berdmore
Date:
1768
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Credit: A treatise on the disorders and deformities of the teeth and gums ... with cases and experiments / By Thomas Berdmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 56 ] luc i ooiSj and oy preffing on the gums brings them to decay. Such a loofenefs may be cafily diftin- guiilicd by any perfon who knows what Taitai jbj and what evils it may pro- once; and it is cured by removing the a artar, by treating the gums as diredt- ed in page 67 ; by fattening the loofe i eeth by ligature $ and laftly, the pain attending this fort of loofenefs and expofure of a Tooth is alleviated, or removed, by the fedative applications mentioned above. When a Tooth is loofened by vio¬ lence, but not moved out of its locket, ligature alone, and attnngcnt walhes to brace the gums, are fufficient for the cine. In this caie the pain ceafes with the loofenefs of the Teeth; but if it oe violent in the beginning, fedatives muft be applied a & ■* > .. * . » ' - 1 When