. Dental electro-therapeutics. , con-sulted me in January, 1898, by her doctors advice to haveall her teeth extracted. History of thumb-sucking andmouth-breathing as a child. Superior incisors protrudingnearly 2 cm. over the inferior incisors. Pyorrhea pocketson palatal aspect of superior incisors extended nearly to theapices; pockets of varying depth about every tooth in themouth with considerable discharge of pus. Teeth exceed-ingly loose except molars. The patient was nervous anddebilitated, suffering from alimentary toxemia. Treatment:loose bicuspid extracted; superior incisors retracted.
. Dental electro-therapeutics. , con-sulted me in January, 1898, by her doctors advice to haveall her teeth extracted. History of thumb-sucking andmouth-breathing as a child. Superior incisors protrudingnearly 2 cm. over the inferior incisors. Pyorrhea pocketson palatal aspect of superior incisors extended nearly to theapices; pockets of varying depth about every tooth in themouth with considerable discharge of pus. Teeth exceed-ingly loose except molars. The patient was nervous anddebilitated, suffering from alimentary toxemia. Treatment:loose bicuspid extracted; superior incisors retracted. Pyor-rhea pockets treated with electric current with sulphate ofcopper and iodine. In eight weeks the pyorrhea had com-pletely disappeared, but retraction of the incisors occupiedabout four months longer, during which time the case was IONIC MEDICATION 241 seen only once a month and the treatment continued. Theteeth are retained by a wire arch attached to a plate worn atnight only. In 1912 the mouth presented the appearance of. Fig. 139.—Case C, before treatment. the model in Fig. 140. The pyorrhea has never returned inany part of the mouth, the teeth have been cleaned twice a
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