Injuries and diseases of the jaws . which he possesses, showiug very beautifully a cyst of thelower jaw, which was removed by M. Maisonneuve by saw-ing through the bone at two points. The canine tooth isseen lying horizontally at the bottom of the cyst. Thepatient, aged fifty-six, had a swelling in the lower jaw nearthe chin, and an opening formed behind one of his frontteeth, from which a saline fluid escaped. The man made agood recovery from the operation. (Vide British Journalof Dental Science, 18G2, p. 5G2.) Dentigerous cysts, like other cysts, may undergo altera- DIAGNOSIS OF DENTIGEROUS
Injuries and diseases of the jaws . which he possesses, showiug very beautifully a cyst of thelower jaw, which was removed by M. Maisonneuve by saw-ing through the bone at two points. The canine tooth isseen lying horizontally at the bottom of the cyst. Thepatient, aged fifty-six, had a swelling in the lower jaw nearthe chin, and an opening formed behind one of his frontteeth, from which a saline fluid escaped. The man made agood recovery from the operation. (Vide British Journalof Dental Science, 18G2, p. 5G2.) Dentigerous cysts, like other cysts, may undergo altera- DIAGNOSIS OF DENTIGEROUS CYSTS, 169 tiorij not only of the contents, but of the cyst-wall. Theopportunities for recognising such changes are exceedinglyrare, and the only known specimen of the kind is one in thepossession of Mr. Samuel Cartwright, which shows calcifi-cation of the cyst-wall. The preparation (a reduced draw-ing of which (fig. 75) is taken from Mr. Cattlins paper onthe Antrum) is one of the right superior maxilla, which,having been opened, s
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