Interstitial gingivitis and pyorrhoea alveolaris.

  • Talbot, Eugene S. (Eugene Solomon), 1847-1924.
Date:
1913
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    throw off the effete matter (autointoxication), especially in syphilitic, tuberculous and scorbutic persons, easily reveals this morbid state. In Pathology of Root Absorption and Alveolar Abscess ^^ absorption of the alveolar process is always resultant upon irri- tation and inflammation. The strong point is emphasized that the alveolar process is doubly transitory and also an end organ. He also lays stress on the fact that in the constructive stage of the alveolar process, at the third and fourth periods of stress, the bone ^\ill reproduce itself but after the person has obtained his growth, very little or no restoration can take place. He also states that neuroses or degeneracy in the child has much to do with the success of treatment and that autointoxication also plays a great part in final results. In a paper on Peridental Abscess, ^* in some of the lower vertebrates, there is a continuous succession of teeth called polyphyodontia. When one tooth has performed its function it disappears to give way to another. This continues through- out life. In all vertebrates, including man, where only two sets of teeth are developed, it is called dyphodontia. The alveolar process and teeth of these vertebrates, including man, have re- tained phylogenetic remnants of the physiologic processes of removing transitory structures. Should man live long enough, he would normally lose his second set of teeth by osteomalacia or juvenile or senile absorption depending on the age of the patient. This is a great factor in the transitory nature of the alveolar process. The author first mentioned autointoxication in an article, Autointoxication in Its Medical and Surgical Relations to the Jaws and Teeth. ^^ 3 The Dental Digest, 1904. ^ The Dental Digest, June, 1903. ^ Journal of the American Medical Association, 1897.