The history and treatment of the diseases of the teeth, the gums, and the alveolar processes, with the operations which they respectively require. To which are added, observations on other diseases of the mouth, and on the mode of fixing artificial teeth / By Joseph Fox.

  • Fox, Joseph, 1776-1816.
Date:
1806
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The history and treatment of the diseases of the teeth, the gums, and the alveolar processes, with the operations which they respectively require. To which are added, observations on other diseases of the mouth, and on the mode of fixing artificial teeth / By Joseph Fox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    These remarks sufficiently demonstrate that, in consequence of the membrane of the tooth being contained within a bony cavity, which is incapable of distension, there must necessarily exist an insurmountable obstacle to the swelling of the mem- brane, and this it is which renders the pain so extremely acute. 1 V In some few instances, caries will proceed without being accompanied by any painful sensations: the tooth gradually breaks away, until the whole of it be removed; after which the gum becomes perfectly smooth, and appears as if the tooth had t been extracted. Generally, no tooth-ache is experienced until the caries has made some progress. It is impossible accurately to describe an attack of tooth-ache, as persons are so variously affected by this malady. Some are suddenly seized with a pain darting from the tooth, through the head, so acute as almost to induce fainting. A few instances of this mode of attack I have witnessed where the patients have endured the pain for a short period, and, alarmed at a return, have been so importunate to have the tooth extracted, as scarcely to allow sufficient time for preparing the instrument, and, after the operation, they have exclaimed that the pain could not in the least be compared with the sufferings attendant upon the attack.