. The teeth in health and disease . A troublesome cough, likewisethe result of irritation conveyed to the respi-ratory tract, often sets in with the eruptionof each tooth and, like the diarrhea, ceaseswhen the tooth has become erupted. Eruptionsare apt to appear usually on the cheek, butsometimes on the head or even over the wholebody, and ulceration on the gums, lips, or onthe inside of the cheeks, uneasiness and fret-fulness, restless sleep or wakefulness, thirstand loss of appetite are evidences of increasedconstitutional disturbance, which if not relievedculminate in copious and persistent
. The teeth in health and disease . A troublesome cough, likewisethe result of irritation conveyed to the respi-ratory tract, often sets in with the eruptionof each tooth and, like the diarrhea, ceaseswhen the tooth has become erupted. Eruptionsare apt to appear usually on the cheek, butsometimes on the head or even over the wholebody, and ulceration on the gums, lips, or onthe inside of the cheeks, uneasiness and fret-fulness, restless sleep or wakefulness, thirstand loss of appetite are evidences of increasedconstitutional disturbance, which if not relievedculminate in copious and persistent diarrhea,high fever, convulsions, and perhaps death. 36 THE TEETH Considerable relief is often afforded to thelittle sufferer by lancing the gum over theerupting tooth or teeth, the slight loss of blooddiminishes local inflammation while the divisionof the tissues reduces the resistance that thetooth meets in piercing the gum. Severe con-stitutional symptoms frequently rapidly subsideon the performance of this operation, but to be. Fig. direction of Incisions made in Lancing the Gum. effectual and to thoroughly relieve the tensionof the gum, the cut should be made withspecial reference to the form of the comingtooth. The molars require a crucial incision. Inthe case of either of the incisions, superior orinferior, owing to their straight edges theslightest appearance of the tooth through thegum gives entire relief so far as that particulartooth is concerned. Not so, however, with thecuspids and molars. The cuspids, it will beremembered, have cone-shaped crowns, and FIRST DEXTITION 3 / therefore, even after the eruption of the points,still keep up the pressure by reason of theinclosing ring of gum. A complete severanceof this ring on the lateral surfaces, as well ason the anterior and posterior faces, is necessaryto relieve the tension. So all the cusps orpoints of a molar tooth may have erupted and
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