Diseases of the soft structures of the teeth and their treatment; a text-book for students and practitioners . foramen i- the final desideratum wemust strive for in the permanent filling of a root canal and therebydeposit, as it were, an antiseptic which mechanically occludes theconfined infective organisms and prevents renewal of their usual procedures at present in vogue with many practitioners. I •• 134. Arborisation of the pulp of an upper second premolar near theapical foramen. I Fischer.) i- t leave doubtful canal- unfilled for some time in anticipation ofsome future disturban


Diseases of the soft structures of the teeth and their treatment; a text-book for students and practitioners . foramen i- the final desideratum wemust strive for in the permanent filling of a root canal and therebydeposit, as it were, an antiseptic which mechanically occludes theconfined infective organisms and prevents renewal of their usual procedures at present in vogue with many practitioners. I •• 134. Arborisation of the pulp of an upper second premolar near theapical foramen. I Fischer.) i- t leave doubtful canal- unfilled for some time in anticipation ofsome future disturbance. Such unfilled canals, a- experimental and clinical evidence clearly indicate-, usually become reinfected within a week or two. Hence our tenacious adhering t this orthodox doctrine: An incipiently infected root canal of a tooth/// situ may he rendered a-eptic upon it- -iirfacc l>y the Use of certain antiseptic procedures, hut it i- impossible to sterilize the deep-seated infected tooth structure. A- reinfection i- primarily causedby organisms left undisturbed in the dentinal tubules, it should bean imperative rule with the operator to till at once ;i- completely ;i- possible even root canal which ha- heen found Sterile upon it- surface at the la-t \ i-it of the patient. REINFECTION OF ROOT CANALS 225 In connection with this most interesting problem of reinfectionof root can


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