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PAIN Al'TKK EXTRACTION. 23

PAIN AFTER EXTRACTION.

Pain after the extraction of a tooth may be due to the
lateral displacement of the alveolus which is brought
about by the application of the forceps; this can be
minimised by applying firmly a finger and thumb after

tlir tooth has been removed and so restoring the alveolus
to its former posil ion.
Besides this s owing to the socket becoming septic
either from the operator making use of unsterilised

instruments or else operating in a mouth that is very
foulj pain may continue in a tootli socket for a consider-
able time.
To avoid this every mouth, before operation, should be

made as clean as possible by the use of tooth-powder and
sanitas and permanganate of potassium mouth-washes, and
after the extraction has taken place every effort must be

made to keep the socket free from the remains of food
and other decomposable matter. If, two or three days
after the extraction, the patient complains of pain in the
iket, the treatment is to keep it syringed out with
sanitas and water.

A pledget of cotton-wool soaked in liquor potassse and
pure carbolic acid, equal parts, usually affords immediate
relief from pain after the socket has been syringed out

in this wav.

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