Oral surgery; a text-book on general surgery and medicine as applied to dentistry . Fig. 185.—Impacted Thikd Upper Molar, in a Boy Aged About 15, CausingSpasmodic Ankylosis. periostitis of the internal surface of the ramus of the man-dible, and continued to be so until the sinus caused by oper-ation for the removal of a sequestra had closed. Alveolarabscesses and osteitis following infection have as an almostconstant symptom a limited range of motion. As has beenstated in the chapter on Tuberculosis, the one ever-presentsymptom is muscular spasm, producing a rigid joint. Thismust always be tak
Oral surgery; a text-book on general surgery and medicine as applied to dentistry . Fig. 185.—Impacted Thikd Upper Molar, in a Boy Aged About 15, CausingSpasmodic Ankylosis. periostitis of the internal surface of the ramus of the man-dible, and continued to be so until the sinus caused by oper-ation for the removal of a sequestra had closed. Alveolarabscesses and osteitis following infection have as an almostconstant symptom a limited range of motion. As has beenstated in the chapter on Tuberculosis, the one ever-presentsymptom is muscular spasm, producing a rigid joint. Thismust always be taken into account in computing ankylosisand predicting the final outcome. Burns involving deeper. 378 ANKYLOSIS structures quite frequently produce limited raotion of themandible. Illustrative Cases.—Figure 185 shows the case of a hoyabout fifteen or sixteen years old, who was suffering withtemporary ankylosis of the jaw, for which no apparent causecould be found. While it was known that his molars had noterupted, there was but slight irritation in this region. AnX-ray picture, however, showed that the upper third mo-lar, instead of developing in theproper direction, was tilted andpressing upon the root of the sec-ond molar. After its removal, thespasmodic ankylosis entirely dis-apjDeared, and the boy became per-fectly ^ ,^a T rn Figure 186 shows several ir- FiG. 186.—Impacted Third ® . jNIolae Causing Spasmodic regularities, the principal one an-KYLosis. impacted upper third molar. The symptom was the inability of the patient to open the mouthproperly, temporary ankylosis being due to reflex of the offending tooth resulted in complete relaxa-tion of th
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