Surgical treatment; a practical treatise on the therapy of surgical diseases for the use of practitioners and students of surgery . Fig. 983.—Prognathism Treated by Resection of a Wedge of Bone on Either Side. Periostitis and osteomyelitis of the jaw have been discussed underAlveolar Abscess (page 277). Osteomyelitis demands immediate andactive treatment (Vol. I, page 692). As soon as possible, the bone should bedrilled or trephined. This can be done through a small incision in the skinbelow the lower border of the jaw. Even though the operation has been 284 SURGICAL TREATMENT done before pus
Surgical treatment; a practical treatise on the therapy of surgical diseases for the use of practitioners and students of surgery . Fig. 983.—Prognathism Treated by Resection of a Wedge of Bone on Either Side. Periostitis and osteomyelitis of the jaw have been discussed underAlveolar Abscess (page 277). Osteomyelitis demands immediate andactive treatment (Vol. I, page 692). As soon as possible, the bone should bedrilled or trephined. This can be done through a small incision in the skinbelow the lower border of the jaw. Even though the operation has been 284 SURGICAL TREATMENT done before pus has collected, it will abort the disease. An early opening of the inferior dental canal is the one important step in acute osteomyelitis. If the disease has progressed to necrosis and exfoliation of bone every effort should be made to save the teeth. Even though the alveolar process. Fig. 984.—Operations for lines of division which may be used to tilt body of jaw upward. with the tooth sockets is gone, if the teeth are attached only by alveolarmucous membrane they may be saved. Granulations grow about the rootsand they again become attached.
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