Injuries and diseases of the jaws . terior opening, when it exists, is always the resnlt of patho-logical rhange, and that the anterior opening is into the Fig. SUPPURATION IN THE ANTRUM. 147 infundibulunij and not into the meatus itself. I believethat slight variations in the position of the opening exist;but it is undoubted that the aperture is very minute, andquite inaccessible from the nose. Suppuration in the antrum, or, as it is sometimes termed,abscess, is ordinarily the result of inflammation extendingfrom the teeth to the lining membrane of the cavity; andthe disease might theref
Injuries and diseases of the jaws . terior opening, when it exists, is always the resnlt of patho-logical rhange, and that the anterior opening is into the Fig. SUPPURATION IN THE ANTRUM. 147 infundibulunij and not into the meatus itself. I believethat slight variations in the position of the opening exist;but it is undoubted that the aperture is very minute, andquite inaccessible from the nose. Suppuration in the antrum, or, as it is sometimes termed,abscess, is ordinarily the result of inflammation extendingfrom the teeth to the lining membrane of the cavity; andthe disease might therefore be not incorrectly termed anempyema, as proposed by O. Weber. The roots of the firstand second molar teeth often form prominences in the floorof the antrum, and when these teeth become carious, thethin plate of bone covering their fangs not unfrequentlybecomes affected, and disease is set up in the cavity. Thefangs of the first molar tooth are occasionally found inhealth to be uncovered by bone, and to project beneath thelining membrane of the antrum ; and under these circum-stances, irritation and inflammation would be still morelikely to occur. But an a
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