Lectures on general anaesthetics in dentistry, advocating painless dental operations by the use of nitrous oxid, nitrous oxid and oxygen, chloroform, ether, ethyl chloride and somnoform . -tice of dentistry he would use nitrous oxid a thousandtimes where formerly he had used it but once. Thepossibilities of this anaesthetic, especially in combina-tion with oxygen, had not been realized until he wascalled upon to use it so often in his oral surgery prac-tice. In what class of cases would I use nitrous oxid andoxygen? In all painful conditions the dentist is calledupon to treat: Sensitive cavity
Lectures on general anaesthetics in dentistry, advocating painless dental operations by the use of nitrous oxid, nitrous oxid and oxygen, chloroform, ether, ethyl chloride and somnoform . -tice of dentistry he would use nitrous oxid a thousandtimes where formerly he had used it but once. Thepossibilities of this anaesthetic, especially in combina-tion with oxygen, had not been realized until he wascalled upon to use it so often in his oral surgery prac-tice. In what class of cases would I use nitrous oxid andoxygen? In all painful conditions the dentist is calledupon to treat: Sensitive cavity preparation; removal ofpulps surgically, and sometimes after an arsenical ap-plication has been made; shaping teeth for crowns orabutments whether alive or devitalized, for in one 162 General Anwsthetics hi Dentistry. instance they are exquisitely sensitive, in the otherthe grinding and cutting is more wearing on somepatients than a real hurt; adjusting cervical or pain-ful clamps; treating pyorrhoea; rapid wedging of theteeth to gain space for filling; opening into teeth af-fected with pericementitis or acute alveolar abscess;lancing abscesses; opening into pulps for the purpose. THE TETER NASAL INHALEK. of making an arsenical treatment—in short, all pain-ful or fatiguing operations on the teeth. Once familiarwith operating under analgesia or anaesthesia youwould relinquish dentistry rather than practice as youare now doing. You may think you know, but you donot know the first letter in the word gratitude, norwill you know till you have looked into the eyes andfaces of your patients when they leave the chair afterusing nitrous oxid and oxygen. General Ancusthetics in Dentistry. 163 The most sensitive cavities can be prepared, themost painful conditions rendered absolutely painlessby this method. It is seldom necessary for the patientto lose consciousness; it is a stage of analgesia rather
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