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THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 2S7
Before stopping the tooth the cavit\ was scraped ami its opening
widened, if necessar\-, but no special tonn was gi\eii to the ca\ it\ itself,
as is done at the present da\
Fig. 8
Instruments for scraping the carious cavities (tauchard)
As at that time the state of the dental pulp was not taken into considera-
tion before stopping a tooth, it often occurred that the stopping caused
violent pain, which rendered its removal necessary.'
Fauchard says that "if the sensibility of the carious cavity be too great,
the lead ought only to be pressed in very lightly at first, then after one or
' Vol. ii, p. 77.
THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 2S7
Before stopping the tooth the cavit\ was scraped ami its opening
widened, if necessar\-, but no special tonn was gi\eii to the ca\ it\ itself,
as is done at the present da\
Fig. 8
Instruments for scraping the carious cavities (tauchard)
As at that time the state of the dental pulp was not taken into considera-
tion before stopping a tooth, it often occurred that the stopping caused
violent pain, which rendered its removal necessary.'
Fauchard says that "if the sensibility of the carious cavity be too great,
the lead ought only to be pressed in very lightly at first, then after one or
' Vol. ii, p. 77.
