. Roentgenographic diagnosis of dental infection in systemic diseases . so amputation of the apex OF DENTAL INFECTION 11 of the root. Figure 1 shows a ease cured by suchan operation. Still others require extraction ofthe tooth with or without curettage of a necroticarea of bone. The origin of an alveolar abscess is as follows:The pulp or nerve of a tooth is richly suppliedwith blood-vessels and nerves. It completely fillsa cavity with unyielding walls which has a tinyopening called theapical latter is occu-pied by what maybe called the stemof the nerve whichpractically stop-pers th
. Roentgenographic diagnosis of dental infection in systemic diseases . so amputation of the apex OF DENTAL INFECTION 11 of the root. Figure 1 shows a ease cured by suchan operation. Still others require extraction ofthe tooth with or without curettage of a necroticarea of bone. The origin of an alveolar abscess is as follows:The pulp or nerve of a tooth is richly suppliedwith blood-vessels and nerves. It completely fillsa cavity with unyielding walls which has a tinyopening called theapical latter is occu-pied by what maybe called the stemof the nerve whichpractically stop-pers the pulp may be-come i n f 1 a m e dfrom any causesuch as exposureto cold, a neglected carious cavity in the tooth substance or someother cause. The rigid walls of the pulp-cham-ber prevent any expansion of the inflamed andcongested mass of nerve or pulp. The effectis the same as if an inflamed and congested massof exquisitely sensitive living tissue were forciblycompressed into a space only half large enough tocontain it. An analogy from general surgery is. Figure 1. 12 ROENTGENOGRAPHS DIAGNOSIS found in the subperiosteal suppuration commonlyknown as bone felon, in which it is imperativelynecessary to relieve tension by an incision throughthe periosteum. Attention to the carious cavity, counterirritant
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