. Roentgenographic diagnosis of dental infection in systemic diseases . ations of success-ful results, but it certainly requires a great dealof experience and study in this particular fieldto make applications which shall be effectivethrough the flesh and bone and still shall haveno undesirable effect upon the skin. The practi-cability of this is paralleled in other fields ofRoentgen ray therapy, as when an application tothe knees in a case of leukemia produces an ef-fect upon the bone marrow, the nursery of whiteblood cells, reducing the number of leukocytesfrom perhaps 200,000 to perhaps 60,
. Roentgenographic diagnosis of dental infection in systemic diseases . ations of success-ful results, but it certainly requires a great dealof experience and study in this particular fieldto make applications which shall be effectivethrough the flesh and bone and still shall haveno undesirable effect upon the skin. The practi-cability of this is paralleled in other fields ofRoentgen ray therapy, as when an application tothe knees in a case of leukemia produces an ef-fect upon the bone marrow, the nursery of whiteblood cells, reducing the number of leukocytesfrom perhaps 200,000 to perhaps 60,000 per Figure 12a is of a case of pyorrhea alveo-laris referred to the author by Dr. Van Saun. 22 ROENTGENOGRAPHS DIAGNOSIS Very extensive pockets were present about severalteeth and had persisted in spite of dental treat-ment. A course of twelve applications of thex-ray and the ultra-violet ray resulted in a com-plete cure and at the last report, three years later,there had been no relapse. Some other cases re-quire a longer course of treatment and some have. Figure 12a. Figure 12b. Figures 12a and 12b.—Pyorrhea Alveolaris Before Si i i i ss-ful Treatment by X-Ray and High Fre-quency Currents. occasional relapses which are disposed of by den-tal treatment and a very few x-rav and ultra-violet ray applications. Figure 12b is of anothercase of pyorrhea cured by the .r-ray and high fre-quency currents. In case after case, the pain and swelling anddischarge have ceased and the loosened teeth havebecome firm again. During the discussion of oneof the authors papers at the meeting of the Roent-,n n Ray Society of Greater New York, this obser- OF DENTAL INFECTION 23 vation ivas corroborated by Br. Goldberg, whohad treated pyorrhea at one of the targe hospi-tals. It should be noted that the author does not rec-ommend this treatment as a substitute for treat-ment by the dentist, but only as an adjunct whendental treatment fails. The author regards this as the method of elec-ti
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