. Elementary and dental radiography / by Howard Riley Raper . Fig. 253. Fig. 254. Fig. 253. Cyst in lower jaw. The circle A is the alveolus from which the second bicuspid wasextracted. Fig. 234. Cyst in upper jaw, in apical region of pulpless upper first molar. Enlarge-ment, as seen in mouth above first molar, about the size and shape of one-half hazelnut. immediate. It required two or three months for all of the enlargementof the jaw to disappear. In my experience as a radiographer I have observed that the generalpractitioner of dentistry shows great reluctance to extract a tooth, nomatter wh


. Elementary and dental radiography / by Howard Riley Raper . Fig. 253. Fig. 254. Fig. 253. Cyst in lower jaw. The circle A is the alveolus from which the second bicuspid wasextracted. Fig. 234. Cyst in upper jaw, in apical region of pulpless upper first molar. Enlarge-ment, as seen in mouth above first molar, about the size and shape of one-half hazelnut. immediate. It required two or three months for all of the enlargementof the jaw to disappear. In my experience as a radiographer I have observed that the generalpractitioner of dentistry shows great reluctance to extract a tooth, nomatter what the condition he is treating may be. On the other hand, the THE USES OF THE RADIOGRAPH IN DENTISTRY 221 specialist in oral surgery extracts teeth sometimes without making theslightest effort to conserve them. I believe, however, that the oral surgeonis less often mistaken. A man may make a greater mistake than the ex-traction of a tooth. For example: failure to extract a tooth which iscausing otherwise incurable suppuration, general sepsis, nervous dis-o


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