. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Fig. i; —Gangrene of thetongue. Fig. is.—Longitudinal sectionthrough an incisor tooth; a,cement; b, enamel; c, ivory ordentine; d, pulp cavity and alve-olar dental membrane; e, maxill-ary bone. For further treatment see page 34, under Treatment for Inflammationof the Mucous Membrane of the Mouth. DISEASES OF THE TEETH. Dogs are frequently subject to various dental disorders, such as ac-cumulations of tartar on the teeth, alveolar periostitis; rarely caries of theteeth, and still more rarely fistulae of the gums. We understand by tartar of the teeth, a
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Fig. i; —Gangrene of thetongue. Fig. is.—Longitudinal sectionthrough an incisor tooth; a,cement; b, enamel; c, ivory ordentine; d, pulp cavity and alve-olar dental membrane; e, maxill-ary bone. For further treatment see page 34, under Treatment for Inflammationof the Mucous Membrane of the Mouth. DISEASES OF THE TEETH. Dogs are frequently subject to various dental disorders, such as ac-cumulations of tartar on the teeth, alveolar periostitis; rarely caries of theteeth, and still more rarely fistulae of the gums. We understand by tartar of the teeth, a calcareous deposit on theneck of the teeth at the border of the gums. This is gray, yellowish-gray, or greenish-gray and sandy or chalk-like in structure. This tar-tarous substance is deposited chiefly around the canine or molar teethand gradually pushes the gums back and often loosens the tooth, which,acting as a foreign body, causes great irritation. Furstenberg found 38 DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE APPARATUS tartar of the teeth of a
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