. Dental materia medica and therapeutics; with special reference to the rational application of remedial measures to dental diseases ... Figure 57. ?i. .... . A Suction Cup Applied to a Fistula on the Cheek near the Border of the Mandible. The abscesais caused by a dead pulp in a lower molar. The cup is connected with the syphon of thefountain cuspidor. 420 PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS. treatment, usually nothing but blood is drawn away by the cup,and, if some strong antiseptic—as a solution of iodin in cresol—is placed into the root canal, it is readily sucked through thefistula. If an alveolar absc
. Dental materia medica and therapeutics; with special reference to the rational application of remedial measures to dental diseases ... Figure 57. ?i. .... . A Suction Cup Applied to a Fistula on the Cheek near the Border of the Mandible. The abscesais caused by a dead pulp in a lower molar. The cup is connected with the syphon of thefountain cuspidor. 420 PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS. treatment, usually nothing but blood is drawn away by the cup,and, if some strong antiseptic—as a solution of iodin in cresol—is placed into the root canal, it is readily sucked through thefistula. If an alveolar abscess opens on the face, the treatment by thesuction cup is practically the same, only that suitable larger cupshave to be used. If a crust has formed over the sinus, it mustbe removed before suction is started. A simple ointment dress-ing held in place by collodion is applied after the treated in this manner practically leave no disfigura-tion on the face after cicatrization has set in. In the treatment of an acute abscess without a fistula (blindabscess), suction also is employed with marked benefit. Th
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