A practical treatise on mechanical dentistry . ed in the right first supe-rior molar. The second bicuspid on the right side and both bi-cuspids on the left were extracted at once as worthless. The ex-posed pulp in the right molar was treated and capped. The par-tially living pulps were removed from the teeth above mentioned,the fistulous openings were healed, and all of the roots thor-oughly cleansed, and plugged with orange-wood saturated withcarbolic acid and glycerin. The greatest difficulty was encoun-tered in the treatment of the right cuspid root, which had twolarge openings through the
A practical treatise on mechanical dentistry . ed in the right first supe-rior molar. The second bicuspid on the right side and both bi-cuspids on the left were extracted at once as worthless. The ex-posed pulp in the right molar was treated and capped. The par-tially living pulps were removed from the teeth above mentioned,the fistulous openings were healed, and all of the roots thor-oughly cleansed, and plugged with orange-wood saturated withcarbolic acid and glycerin. The greatest difficulty was encoun-tered in the treatment of the right cuspid root, which had twolarge openings through the side of it, and through which pro-jected into the enlarged pulp canal a tumefied growth of the peri- BRIDGE DENTURES. 533 cementum. For several weeks the tissues around this root werehighly inflamed, and the face was several times badly difficulty was finally overcome by covering these openingswith No. 30 gold-foil and filling the root with amalgam. Crownswere then fitted over all of the roots. A bridge was then extended Fig. from the left cuspid to the first molar to restore the lost missing bicuspid on the right side was restored by attachingthe crown to the cap which was placed over the molar containingthe exposed pulp. Fig. 536 was drawn from a model of the mouth as restored. Fig. 537 shows a piece of work made for a case of quite fre- Fig. 537-
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