Applied anatomy and oral surgery for dental students . Fig. 39.—From photograph of a lad sufifering from hypertrophy of the gums andalveolar process (after Cryer). gum. In the same way a cavity in a tooth often becomesfilled with hypertrophied gum tissue. Treatment.—In inherited hypertrophy this consistsin removal of the excess of gum tissue by do this it may be necessary to enlarge the openingof the lips by an incision on the face. Where theteeth are embedded in the hypertrophied tissue, theyoften have to be removed. When the parts have healed, // yPER TROPHY 161 an artificial de
Applied anatomy and oral surgery for dental students . Fig. 39.—From photograph of a lad sufifering from hypertrophy of the gums andalveolar process (after Cryer). gum. In the same way a cavity in a tooth often becomesfilled with hypertrophied gum tissue. Treatment.—In inherited hypertrophy this consistsin removal of the excess of gum tissue by do this it may be necessary to enlarge the openingof the lips by an incision on the face. Where theteeth are embedded in the hypertrophied tissue, theyoften have to be removed. When the parts have healed, // yPER TROPHY 161 an artificial denture may be put in to replace the lostteeth. In acquired hypertrophy of the gums the first thingto do is to remove the cause, whether it be a badlyfitting plate, vacuum chamber, or crown. An over-growth of gum tissue in a tooth cavity may be removedafter cauterizing with trichloracetic acid. In the case. Fig. 40.—Tissue removed from upper jaw of patient shown in Fig. 39 (after Cryer). of double lip under local anesthesia the hypertrophiedtissue can be cut away with gum scissors, the base of thegrowth having been previously ligated, if necessary, tocontrol hemorrhage. If the growth is pedunculated, itcan be ligated and cut off. Where the hypertrophy isonly slight, removal of the cause and painting the partswith astringents, such as glycerol of tannic acid, willgenerally be sufficient treatment. 11 l62 SPECIAL SURGERY Neoplasms or Tumors A neoplasm or tumor is a new-growth of cells, resemb-ling in structure, as a rule, the organ or tissue from whichit arises, but having an atypical arrangement of cellsand no useful function. Etiology.—Certain facts are known as to the etiologyof tumors, but we are still in the dark, to large extent,and can only resort to theory—and none of thesetheories is adequate to explain all tumors. Cohnhehns Theory.—According to this theory, cer-tain cells
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