Oral surgery; a text-book on general surgery and medicine as applied to dentistry . from the gingivalmargin about one or many of the teeth. The cause is somemechanical irritant, such as tartar, etc. A typical case was that of a pregnant woman, agedtwenty years, upon whom a radical operation was not ad-visable. The granulations were strawberry red and irregu-lar, and bled freely upon the least irritation. At severalpoints they grew as high as the crowns of the teeth, andmore than two-thirds of the teeth were included in the areaof growth. Tartar was found throughout the lingual sur-faces of the
Oral surgery; a text-book on general surgery and medicine as applied to dentistry . from the gingivalmargin about one or many of the teeth. The cause is somemechanical irritant, such as tartar, etc. A typical case was that of a pregnant woman, agedtwenty years, upon whom a radical operation was not ad-visable. The granulations were strawberry red and irregu-lar, and bled freely upon the least irritation. At severalpoints they grew as high as the crowns of the teeth, andmore than two-thirds of the teeth were included in the areaof growth. Tartar was found throughout the lingual sur-faces of the teeth. Treatment consisted in curetting the granulations backto the healthy mucous membrane. The hemorrhage was 258 PAPILLOMATA 259 controlled with adrenalin solution, and tincture of iodinwas applied to the wounds. The patient was seen twiceevery week for four or five weeks, when all tendency toreturn had been controlled. She remained well when seeneight months later. There is a great tendency for these papillomata to re-turn, and even in three or four days they have been seen. Papilloma of Alveolus. to grow an eighth of an inch at points where it was thoughtthey had been thoroughly removed by removal, cauterization and disinfection are essen-tial if return is to be prevented. There is no tendency to-ward malignancy. Figure 80 illustrates a case of papillomatous growthof the gingival mucous membrane extending entirely aroundtwo teeth and including a third along the sides. It was 260 NEOPLASMS OF SOFT TISSUES removed by the use of a curette under local anesthesia andfollowed by the application of commercial tincture of was no return in several months. The surface wasstrawberry-like and bled under slight pressure. Figure 81 shows papillomata of the alveolar processand resembles the case illustrated in figTire 80, save that
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