. The Dental cosmos. which are ground down and entirely cov-ered by crowns, little crushing stress isbrought to bear upon the dentin, and Fig. the danger of fracture is reduced to aminimum; in such cases the pulp is notessential to the welfare of the tooth, andmay therefore be removed. BUNTING. SECONDARY CALCIFICATIONS OF THE TOOTH-PULP. 159 There being, then, a relation betweenthe pulp and the strength and vitalityof the whole tooth, the efficiency of thisrelation will depend largely upon thehealth and welfare of the vital condition of the pulp is a variablefactor and is affecte


. The Dental cosmos. which are ground down and entirely cov-ered by crowns, little crushing stress isbrought to bear upon the dentin, and Fig. the danger of fracture is reduced to aminimum; in such cases the pulp is notessential to the welfare of the tooth, andmay therefore be removed. BUNTING. SECONDARY CALCIFICATIONS OF THE TOOTH-PULP. 159 There being, then, a relation betweenthe pulp and the strength and vitalityof the whole tooth, the efficiency of thisrelation will depend largely upon thehealth and welfare of the vital condition of the pulp is a variablefactor and is affected by impulses of vari-ous sources. To enumerate, the pulp isirritated by abrasions, erosion, caries,fillings, fractures, electrical impulses, tissues of the body, there is a tendencyon the - part of the pulp when in thestate of chronic irritation to extract cal-cific material from the blood in relativelylarge quantities. These inorganic saltsare deposited in the form of secondarycalcific concretions in the canals of thedentin, upon the pulpal wall of the den-tin, or in the substance of the pulp is the purpose of this paper, then,


Size: 2703px × 924px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectdentist, bookyear1912