Diseases of the soft structures of the teeth and their treatment; a text-book for students and practitioners . st fakirs. (Behan.) Complete analgesia of the dentalpulp may be a most early important symptom of locomotor and Inspection. A careful examination of the teethby exploration and inspection cannot be overestimated as failure to discover even a small defect or lesion might result in subsequentserious consequences. Exploring instruments of various angles andcurves arc available for such purposes. Mouth mirrors, cither plain or with a concave surface, a small magnifying
Diseases of the soft structures of the teeth and their treatment; a text-book for students and practitioners . st fakirs. (Behan.) Complete analgesia of the dentalpulp may be a most early important symptom of locomotor and Inspection. A careful examination of the teethby exploration and inspection cannot be overestimated as failure to discover even a small defect or lesion might result in subsequentserious consequences. Exploring instruments of various angles andcurves arc available for such purposes. Mouth mirrors, cither plain or with a concave surface, a small magnifying glass, silk floss to detect lesions or roughness on the approximal surfaces of the teeth,an air syringe and absorbent paper to remove moisture, napkins, Or the rubber dam to keep the parts dry, are all Decessary adjuncts in conducting a careful examination. Preferably, the examination is started at the median line of the left upper arch. examining each tooth in succession back to the last molar and then gain at the median line of the right side in the same DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES OF THE DENTAL PULP 73. manner. The lower arch should then be examined similarly. Allthe defects of each individual tooth should he marked at once on asuitable chart. Color.—The color of a tooth varieswithin very narrow limits. A differenti-ation should be made between superficialstains as caused by tobacco, chemicals,food, drugs, etc., and bodily discoloration,as a sequence from death of the discoloration may be broughtabout directly by the various fillingmaterials or indirectly by the forma-tion of metallic salts and oxids fromamalgams, metallic posts, etc., by recur-rent caries under the fillings or by leak-age of the filling. Death of the pulpusually produces various shades of dark-ening of the tooth, ranging from a brown-ish-yellow discoloration to a slaty-gray oralmost black color. Transillumination.—Transillumination of a tooth bymeans of an electric mouth lamp may furnis
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