. Oral pathology and practice. A text-book for the use of students in dental colleges and a hand-book for dental practitioners. is dismissed without the DISEASES OF THE GUMS. 51 proper professional advice or remedial attention. (See Fig. 13.)These same unfaithful practitioners perhaps bewail the multiplica-tion of dentists, and insist that our schools should limit the launch-ing of new graduates upon an already crowded profession, becausethere is not enough of practice for those already in, while them-selves neglecting a large proportion of the field that should becovered. Properly to care for
. Oral pathology and practice. A text-book for the use of students in dental colleges and a hand-book for dental practitioners. is dismissed without the DISEASES OF THE GUMS. 51 proper professional advice or remedial attention. (See Fig. 13.)These same unfaithful practitioners perhaps bewail the multiplica-tion of dentists, and insist that our schools should limit the launch-ing of new graduates upon an already crowded profession, becausethere is not enough of practice for those already in, while them-selves neglecting a large proportion of the field that should becovered. Properly to care for the disregarded conditions of themouths of the people of this country would far more than employthe time of all the dentists now in practice. The proper remedy fora stream that overflows its banks is to widen and deepen its channel,instead of attempting to dry up its waters, and there are unoccupiedfields within the province of dentistry not only as yet uncultivatedbut almost unexplored. Local irritation is the cause of most of the inflammations andhypertrophies of the gums that are so commonly met with. Usually Fig. Gingival Hypertrophy and Turgescence, the Result of Neglect. this is due to lack of care on the part of the patient. Foreign mat-ter is deposited at the cervical portions of the teeth, and this by itsexcitant action stimulates the tissues to abnormal activity. Theconsequence is an overgrowth, an hypertrophy or hyperplasia oftissue. This may be confined to a single tooth, or it may be morewidely diffused and involve nearly or quite the whole of the denti-tion. The tumefaction will be especially pronounced in the gumcovering the septum between the teeth, where the irritation isgreatest. If there are carious cavities, not infrequently they will becompletely filled with hyperplastic tissue, connected with the restby a slender pedicle. The margins of the gums will be thick,everted, and of a deep red color, almost approaching a may be a breaking down o
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