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04 Diseases of the Teeth.
spontaneously, in a perfectly sound tooth, and occasionally
terminates in suppuration, forming the disease termed by Mr.
Fox, spina vcntosa of the teeth.
Treatment—The various applications in common use, at
best are only palliating ; therefore, it is best either to extract
the tooth at once, or attempt to save it by destroying the inter-
nal membrane and plugging the tooth. If the tooth be sound,
and the internal membrane proceed to suppuration, it should
be trephined, or a hole drilled into its cavity, so as to evacuate
the matter ; and when the tooth has got well, the hole should
be plugged.
PERIOSTITIS.
Periostitis is an inflammation of the periosteum of a tooth,
and when there are dead teeth or stumps in the mouth, is a
common consequence of cold. It frequently proceeds to sup-
puration, forming gum biles,which sometimes ulcerate through
the cheek, producing ugly ulcers, which leave an unseemly
cicatrix behind.
Treatment—Removal of the cause, viz. the extraction of the
dead teeth or fangs.
EXOSTOSIS.
This disease is an enlargement of the fangs of the teeth,
from a deposition of ossific matter, as in other bones, and
causes severe pain.
Treatment—Extraction of such teeth.
NECROSIS,
Is the death of a tooth, caused by the destruction of the
internal membrane, or disorganization of the periosteum.
Treatment—Extraction, if the tooth cause much irritation.
DENUDING PROCESS.
This is a disease which occasions the loss of a portion of the