. The Dental cosmos. n a lancet waspassed to the process, and the lower leftlateral incisor and lower right secondbicuspid were extracted. A liquid anti-septic forced into the socket of theextracted incisor appeared on the faceunder the chin, proving that a fistula hadbeen formed by the pus burrowing down-ward through the cancellated bony tissue. Infection of the root apices of teethlying beneath the line of insertion of themylohyoid muscle may cause an abscessto open in the neck—a condition whichmight have developed in this case, if it 670 THE DENTAL COSMOS. had been allowed to progress farth
. The Dental cosmos. n a lancet waspassed to the process, and the lower leftlateral incisor and lower right secondbicuspid were extracted. A liquid anti-septic forced into the socket of theextracted incisor appeared on the faceunder the chin, proving that a fistula hadbeen formed by the pus burrowing down-ward through the cancellated bony tissue. Infection of the root apices of teethlying beneath the line of insertion of themylohyoid muscle may cause an abscessto open in the neck—a condition whichmight have developed in this case, if it 670 THE DENTAL COSMOS. had been allowed to progress farther. Intreating such conditions, two objectsmust be kept in view: First, destructionof the bacteria present; second, stimula-tion of the tissue to produce healthygranulation. the socket after inserting the nozzle ofthe syringe. The syringe and the instru-ment for packing the temporary stoppingmust be absolutely sterile, and the fingersmust be kept from contact with thesyringe nozzle and stopping. The sockets Fig. The abscess tract was washed witha solution of mercury bichlorid in hydro-gen dioxid, 1: 1000, followed by oil ofcreasote and tincture of iodin, 1 solutions were forced through theabscess tract by fitting the nozzle of an al-veolar abscess syringe to the tooth socket,packing temporary stopping around thenozzle. The temporary stopping is firstlaid in a 1 : 500 solution of mercurybichlorid for al least five minutes, dippedin boiling water, and then packed into of the extracted teeth were packed withantiseptic gauze, and an antiseptic salvedressing was placed over the chin andheld in position by adhesive plaster. There was no fistula leading from thealveolus of the right second treatment was applied as in theother tooth, except that distilled waterwas used instead of hydrogen dioxid should never be em-ployed in abscesses that have no fistulousopening, especially not in upper teeth, as DOXTATER.—TREATMENT OF CHRONIC ALVEOLAR
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