A practical treatise on artificial crown- and bridge-work . A. of the mot. A silver probe, tapered as fine as a broach al thepoint, an«l connected with an oval-shaped mass of silver or copper(Fig. 6) which has been heated to a dull red heat, is then intro-duced into the root-canal (Fig. 7). As silver possesses remark-able properties as a thermal conductor, the heat is transmittedto the point of the probe vevj The probe being insertedas tar as possible up the canal, the patient is directed to raise thehand as a signal should the heat cause pain, when the probemust be moved up and down
A practical treatise on artificial crown- and bridge-work . A. of the mot. A silver probe, tapered as fine as a broach al thepoint, an«l connected with an oval-shaped mass of silver or copper(Fig. 6) which has been heated to a dull red heat, is then intro-duced into the root-canal (Fig. 7). As silver possesses remark-able properties as a thermal conductor, the heat is transmittedto the point of the probe vevj The probe being insertedas tar as possible up the canal, the patient is directed to raise thehand as a signal should the heat cause pain, when the probemust be moved up and down, or withdrawn for a moment. This jprocedure, following the previous application of hot air withthe Bynnge, evaporates the moisture iffrtTygases from the root-canals and the open ends of the tubuli. The heat also acts as agermicide,2 and carbonizes any organic matter the instrument• reaehrs. friTe Th this heated and dried-out i ondition the dentine is satu-rated with an antiseptic agent, which should possess such proper-ties as to make its action efficien
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