Dental review; devoted to the advancement of dentistry. . it of biting herthread with this tooth. She drinks no water. The result, auto-intoxication. Two cross-sections of blood vessels are seen consid-erably thickened (endarteritis obliterans), with round cell infiltra-tion about them. The following four illustrations show different stages of inflam- mation and degeneration of the peridental membrane of a right 640 THE DENTAL REVIEW. superior first molar in a forty-year-old lady, who has had inter-stitial gingivitis with pyorrhoea for the last twenty years, and isnow losing teeth very rapidly
Dental review; devoted to the advancement of dentistry. . it of biting herthread with this tooth. She drinks no water. The result, auto-intoxication. Two cross-sections of blood vessels are seen consid-erably thickened (endarteritis obliterans), with round cell infiltra-tion about them. The following four illustrations show different stages of inflam- mation and degeneration of the peridental membrane of a right 640 THE DENTAL REVIEW. superior first molar in a forty-year-old lady, who has had inter-stitial gingivitis with pyorrhoea for the last twenty years, and isnow losing teeth very rapidly and is a marked neurasthenic. Fig. 5. Cross-section of palatal root near apex, showing con-nective tissue with active inflammation. Fig. 6. Cross-section farther down, showing further stage ofinflammation of peridental membrane, with all sizes and kinds ofconnective tissue cells and round cell infiltration. Fig. 7. Cross-section still farther down on same root, showingfurther stage of inflammation. Fig. 8. Cross-section lower down and of low magnifying. Fig. 9. Inflammation due to mercurial poisoning. power; shows degeneration and liquefaction of tissue. Two areaswith violent round cell inflammation about to break down intoabscesses. From paper Xo. 4, Pyorrhoea Alveolaris in [Mercurial and LeadPoisoning in Dental Cosmos, 1897. Fig. 9 illustrates active inflammation of the peridental membranein a forty-eight-year-old merchant, who was a dyspeptic, debili-tated and asthmatic. He had been under calomel and tonics for lessthan two weeks. When he came under observation, the mucousmembrane and gums were then much inflamed. There was markedsialorrhoea. The teeth were loose. The gums were swollen. Pus ORIGINAL COMMUXICA TIONS. 641 oozed from the gums. The breath had a decided metallic odor. Atmv suggestion his medical attendant stopped the calomel. He wasthen ordered six pints of spring water daily. The gums were onalternate days saturated with iodin. In a few days the sorenessand swe
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