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CREASOTE. 373

For the treatment of exposed pulps it is employed either diluted
or in its full strength ; for periodontitis and alveolar abscess, in
its full strength, or in combination with such agents as glycerine,
iodine, etc. ; also in devitalized teeth, and as an antiseptic appli-
cation in ulceration of the mouth, and recession of gums from the
necks of the teeth. When used as a styptic after the extraction
of teeth it is applied on lint or cotton, with pressure ; and diluted
with water it is employed in the treatment of caries and necrosis
of the maxillary bones. To dilute it for injections it is often
mixed with alcohol, and the strength reduced by adding water.
Mixed with an equal quantity of oil of cloves its odor and taste
are modified. Creasote is also employed to neutralize any acid
remaining in the cavity of a tooth about to be filled, and to harden
and render imperishable the contents of the dentinal tubuli, for
which purpose it is applied to the walls of the cavity on a pellet
of cotton. Equal quantities by bulk of creasote and oil of cloves
are applied to aching teeth, painful gums, ulcerous surfaces, and
also where pulps are not exposed ; also for saturating cavities be-
fore the insertion of fillings, as a disinfectant and coagulant.
An ointment— Unguentum Creasoti— is composed of creasote
10 parts, lard 90 parts, and is useful in cutaneous affections.
DENTAL FORMULA.
For Pulpitis. SiGNA.—To be applied, on a pellet of
Dr. Garretson. cotton, to carious cavity.
R. Creasoti gtt-^j
Tinct. iodinii . . . . ^j For Odontalgia.
Liq. plumb, subacetat. ^j
Chloroformi, R Creasoti ^ij
Morphinge acetatis . . gr.xx. M.
Tinct. opii aa ^ ss. M.
SiGNA.—To be applied, on cotton, to
SiGNA.—Apply on cotton to exposed
carious cavity.
surface of pulp.
For Alveolar Abscesses.
For Odontalgia.
R . Creasoti,
R. Creasoti,
Linimenti iodi, partes Eequales. M.
Chloroformi,
SlGNA.—To be used as an injection.
Liquidi opii
. . . . aa ^ iij
For Odontalgia. Tinctura benzoini M.
. . .
Jj.
R. Creasoti 5SS SiGNA.—To be applied, on a pellet of
Camphorse gr.x. M. cotton, to carious cavity.