Dental surgery for medical practitioners and students of medicine.

  • Barrett, Ashley William.
Date:
1897
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Dental surgery for medical practitioners and students of medicine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER IV, ABNORMALITIES IN DEVELOPMENT OP PERMANENT TEETH. PAGE Retarded Eruption—Supernumerary Teeth—Odontomes and Abor- tive Teeth—Dilacerated and Geminated Teeth—General devel- opmental irregularity with Honeycombed and Syphilitic Teeth 19 CHAPTER V. IRREGULARITY IN THE POSITIONS OF PERMANENT TEETH. Causes of Irregularity in Positions of Teeth—Treatment of Irregu- larity by Extraction. Symmetrical Extraction—Treatment of Irregularity by Regulating Frame—Irregularities for which no Treatment is needed—Classification and Treatment of Dental Irregularities—Modelling . . . . . .27 CHAPTER VI. DENTAL CARIES. Eburnation—Penetrating and Superficial Decay—Micro-organisms of Decay—Defective Calcification—Acid state of Oral Fluids— Diminished Vitality—Comparative tendency of Teeth to De- cay—Caries in its first stage—Gutta-percha and Amalgam fillings—Use of Arsenic—Caries in its second stage—Periodon- titis, Acute and Chronic—Caries in its third stage—Closure of the Jaws—Fistulous opening through Cheek—Summary of Remedial Measures—List of Instruments and Materials re- quired ........ 43