Hints and suggestions as aids in the care and preservation of the teeth and the relation of the dental organs to our health / By Charles G. pease.
- Pease, Charles G. (Charles Giffin), 1854-1941.
- Date:
- 1895
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Hints and suggestions as aids in the care and preservation of the teeth and the relation of the dental organs to our health / By Charles G. pease. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.
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![dried. Then moisten a very small pellet of cotton in some obtundent, place it into the cavity and gently press it with a dry pellet of cotton to take up the excess of medicament. Too much pressure should not be exerted in placing the cotton when the pulp is exposed, or when the dentine over the same is very thin and easily depressed. A retaining pellet should also be used, dipped in a solution of gumsandrac and alcohol. The following is a good medicament: ]^ Olei Caryophylli, - - - 3 i Olei Cajuputi, - - - - 3 i Pulveri Opii, - - - i3 Camphorse, - - - - ^^ Spiritus Rectificati, - qs. M. ft. solutes. ALVEOLAR ABSCESS (SWOLLEN FACE.) This condition should have attention at once, even before pus has formed, when the premonitory symptoms of pain and soreness upon pressure on tooth first make their appearance. Immediate relief may be obtained at any stage of the trouble. If devitalized and putrescent pulp is the cause, as is usually the case, the mere venting of the canal to allow of the escape of gas and pus, if any has formed, external to the apical fora- men, will give the desired result. No pain whatever accomp- anies this operation. Other conditions require other means. Abscess over superior six and twelve year molar teeth is liable to cause serious involvement of the antrum. And necrosis of bone may result as the sequela of abscess, especially in the lower jaw, caries resulting more frequently in the upper jaw. A poultice should never be placed on the outside of the face, as it will tend to make the abscess point and break externally, resulting in a permanent scar upon the face. Should the abs-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21211024_0026.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
