. The Dental cosmos. vealed the condition indicated in Fig. 1. At that time a small part of the crownwas excised, leaving a slight space be-tween the third and second molars, andtwo attempts were made to extract thethird molar, without success. The den-tist considered it unwise to exert verymuch force, owing to the denseness ofthe alveolus, and the liability of frac-turing the roots. The difficulty of ex-tracting was increasd by the shape anddirection of the roots. A study of theskiagram (Fig. 1) will show these rootswithout the usual curve—which wouldhave facilitated extraction in this case—b
. The Dental cosmos. vealed the condition indicated in Fig. 1. At that time a small part of the crownwas excised, leaving a slight space be-tween the third and second molars, andtwo attempts were made to extract thethird molar, without success. The den-tist considered it unwise to exert verymuch force, owing to the denseness ofthe alveolus, and the liability of frac-turing the roots. The difficulty of ex-tracting was increasd by the shape anddirection of the roots. A study of theskiagram (Fig. 1) will show these rootswithout the usual curve—which wouldhave facilitated extraction in this case—but continuing in the axis of the crown,and, moreover, with the apical portionsconverging. The patient was then ad- MORRISON.—A CASE OF REPLANTATION. 43 vised by both his dentist and medicaladviser to undergo a surgical operationon the ramus as the only means of re-m< ving the impacted tooth. In the two years and three monthsinterval between then and the patientsconsultation with me, the neuralgia had Fig. continued at intervals, and, the painfrom this becoming severe and thecavity referred to having also made itsappearance, he wished to know whetherconditions still indicated an operationon the mandible as the only solution ofthe difficulty. A fresh X-ray photograph was ob-tained which shows the case as it came Fig. 2.
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