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affects the gums, and does not then perfectly cut through them,
the operation will be of little or not any benefit to the child,
but on the contrary will occasion increased pain and distress
and hence I may again repeat, that unless the surgeon is per-
fectly acquainted with the manner of the growth, and the
period of the developement of the teeth, he cannot treat the
diseases of dentition with any just precision and correctness*
The common round-edged gum-lancet is a very suitable
instrument for cutting the gums.
The second dentition is seldom attended with any consid-
erable pain : rarely is any thing but slight scarifications re-
quired.
The cutting of the wisdom-teeth is at times attended with
considerable pain, but may be usually relieved by cutting the
gum, or blisters behind the ears, &c.
The gums after being divided, sometimes heal before the
tooth passes out, but the first cutting, if well done, so destroys
the firmness of the gums as seldom to require a second divi-
sion, which, however, is sometimes necessary.
I do not wish to expatiate upon the great utility of incising
the gums in cases of difficult dentition, but will merely pre-
sent the reader with a case in which its great utility is fully
demonstrated. It is given by Mr. Baumes in his Premier
Dentition, from a work of M. Robert.
Case XXXIX.—An infant, after having suffered much
from its teeth, died, and it was in the evening. M. Lemonnier
having business there, was told unexpectedly, the infant had
lost its life. After having accomplished his object, he was
curious to know the state of the alveolus in a case where the
eruption of the teeth had not made its appearance ; he made
a great incision on the gums. But at the moment when he
was preparing to follow up his examination, he saw the child
open its eyes, and show signs of life ; M. Lemonnier called
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affects the gums, and does not then perfectly cut through them,
the operation will be of little or not any benefit to the child,
but on the contrary will occasion increased pain and distress
and hence I may again repeat, that unless the surgeon is per-
fectly acquainted with the manner of the growth, and the
period of the developement of the teeth, he cannot treat the
diseases of dentition with any just precision and correctness*
The common round-edged gum-lancet is a very suitable
instrument for cutting the gums.
The second dentition is seldom attended with any consid-
erable pain : rarely is any thing but slight scarifications re-
quired.
The cutting of the wisdom-teeth is at times attended with
considerable pain, but may be usually relieved by cutting the
gum, or blisters behind the ears, &c.
The gums after being divided, sometimes heal before the
tooth passes out, but the first cutting, if well done, so destroys
the firmness of the gums as seldom to require a second divi-
sion, which, however, is sometimes necessary.
I do not wish to expatiate upon the great utility of incising
the gums in cases of difficult dentition, but will merely pre-
sent the reader with a case in which its great utility is fully
demonstrated. It is given by Mr. Baumes in his Premier
Dentition, from a work of M. Robert.
Case XXXIX.—An infant, after having suffered much
from its teeth, died, and it was in the evening. M. Lemonnier
having business there, was told unexpectedly, the infant had
lost its life. After having accomplished his object, he was
curious to know the state of the alveolus in a case where the
eruption of the teeth had not made its appearance ; he made
a great incision on the gums. But at the moment when he
was preparing to follow up his examination, he saw the child
open its eyes, and show signs of life ; M. Lemonnier called
