. Oral sepsis in its relationship to systemic disease . Fig. 114. Fig. Fig. 116. Figs. 114-116.—Illustrations of radiopaque areas which simulate the healed abscesses-shown in Figs. 107-113. cells, etc., and in the course of time are perhaps de-stroyed by them. Organisms in the root canal of non-vital teeth or in the little cavities in necrotic portions ofthe root, however, are often safely removed from thedefensive mechanism of the body and favorably locatedto repeatedly infect a granulating lesion around it. Itis probably for this reason that the complete filling of a ALVEOLAR ABSCESSES
. Oral sepsis in its relationship to systemic disease . Fig. 114. Fig. Fig. 116. Figs. 114-116.—Illustrations of radiopaque areas which simulate the healed abscesses-shown in Figs. 107-113. cells, etc., and in the course of time are perhaps de-stroyed by them. Organisms in the root canal of non-vital teeth or in the little cavities in necrotic portions ofthe root, however, are often safely removed from thedefensive mechanism of the body and favorably locatedto repeatedly infect a granulating lesion around it. Itis probably for this reason that the complete filling of a ALVEOLAR ABSCESSES 57 root canal or the removal of the necrotic tip of a rootoften is followed by organization of an abscess. The above fact has been made use of for several yearsby dentists in their efforts to clear up root sepsis by **■% Fig. 117. Fig. 117.—Illustration of roentgenogram showing bone of increased density dueapparently to increased stress transmitted by the tooth during mastication. Areas ofincreased density, such as these, are not uncommonly observed.
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