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Tooth Ache. 175
is either the acetate^or sulphate of morphia, (morphine :) the
powder is introduced into the painful tooth on a little cotton
twirled round the end of a probe. The acetate of morphine
is said to be the adive agent in Clark's celebrated Anodyne
Tooth Cement, for curing aching teeth ; by which the inventor
is said to have made a fortune. Morphine is a most powerful
medicine, and therefore should be used with great caution.
As it is evident that all temporary means for relieving tooth
ache are of no permanent advantage, and that, the pain will
in all probability continue until the nerve has perished, it is
best to take measures at once, to effect a permanent cure
thefefore a dentist should be consulted, who will either reduce
the inflammation of the nerve and plug the tooth, or, if this
cannot be done on account of the nerve being too much ex-
posed, he will destroy it, or advise extraction. If the tooth be
too much decayed to admit of preservation, it should be ex-
tracted at once, as this must be the ultimatum.
By this means, a great deal of suffering will be prevented,
and the patient rid of a troublesome, offensive and injurious
body. A tooth that is not of service, should never be permit-
ted to remain in the mouth, on account of the pain and irrita-
tion which it occasions, and the injurious effect it has, in
inducing decay in the other teeth.
It is astonishing how much pain many persons, of a timid
disposition, will suffer before they can be prevailed upon, un-
der any circumstances, to consult a dentist.
The truth is, that the pain of all dental operations is terri-
bly exaggerated. Most persons who have not had experience,
dread any operation on jhe teeth, as though it were an opera-
tion of the first magnitude, that is, an operation in which life
or death will be the result. Dental operations as a general
rule, if early performed, are not very painful. Every person
can bear them, and laugh while they are being performed.
The extraction of the teeth is painful, but not so much so as
is generally imagined.
When the pain arises from inflammation in the socket, the
Tooth Ache. 175
is either the acetate^or sulphate of morphia, (morphine :) the
powder is introduced into the painful tooth on a little cotton
twirled round the end of a probe. The acetate of morphine
is said to be the adive agent in Clark's celebrated Anodyne
Tooth Cement, for curing aching teeth ; by which the inventor
is said to have made a fortune. Morphine is a most powerful
medicine, and therefore should be used with great caution.
As it is evident that all temporary means for relieving tooth
ache are of no permanent advantage, and that, the pain will
in all probability continue until the nerve has perished, it is
best to take measures at once, to effect a permanent cure
thefefore a dentist should be consulted, who will either reduce
the inflammation of the nerve and plug the tooth, or, if this
cannot be done on account of the nerve being too much ex-
posed, he will destroy it, or advise extraction. If the tooth be
too much decayed to admit of preservation, it should be ex-
tracted at once, as this must be the ultimatum.
By this means, a great deal of suffering will be prevented,
and the patient rid of a troublesome, offensive and injurious
body. A tooth that is not of service, should never be permit-
ted to remain in the mouth, on account of the pain and irrita-
tion which it occasions, and the injurious effect it has, in
inducing decay in the other teeth.
It is astonishing how much pain many persons, of a timid
disposition, will suffer before they can be prevailed upon, un-
der any circumstances, to consult a dentist.
The truth is, that the pain of all dental operations is terri-
bly exaggerated. Most persons who have not had experience,
dread any operation on jhe teeth, as though it were an opera-
tion of the first magnitude, that is, an operation in which life
or death will be the result. Dental operations as a general
rule, if early performed, are not very painful. Every person
can bear them, and laugh while they are being performed.
The extraction of the teeth is painful, but not so much so as
is generally imagined.
When the pain arises from inflammation in the socket, the
