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STOPPING OF THE TEETH. 179
attacks of the inflammation, and often retards even the progress
of the disease, that is, the farther decay of the Tooth, so that
many people go on for years thus assisted a method
: but it is
which must be put in practice early, otherwise it cannot be
continued long ; for, if the disease has done considerable damage
to the inside of the Tooth, so as to have weakened it much, the
whole body of the Tooth, most probably, will soon give way in
mastication : therefore, under such circumstances, the patient
must be cautioned not to make too free with the Tooth in
eating, (k)
Gold and lead are the metals generally made use of for
stopping Teeth. Gold being less pliable, must be used in the
leaf; lead is so soft in any form, as to take on any shape by a
small force.
Stuffing the hollow Tooth with wax, galbanum, &c. can be of
very little service, as it is in most cases impossible to confine
these substances, or preserve them from being soon worn away
(Jc) [Inflammation, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, cannot take
place in the dentine or enamel of the tooth, it may do so in the cemen-
tmn and proceed to suppuration as shown by one specimen in the pos-
session of the writer. Mr. Bell has indeed related a case in which he
considered sujrpuration had occurred in the crown of a molar tooth.
No other instance has ever been recorded by any other writer, and as it
is stated that the cavity of the abscess communicated with the natural
cavity of the tooth, it is more reasonable to conclude the pus had pro-
ceeded from the pulp. The remarks which have been previously made
upon caries tend to prove that it is essentially a chemical process, and
hence it is easily understood that by hermetically closing up a carious
cavity the pain arising from the contact of extraneous matter may be
relieved, and the further progress of the disorder arrested.
The increased knowledge which we possess of the physiology and
pathology of the teeth has taught us that if time is allowed for the
deposit of new dentine as mentioned at p. 161, and at the same time the
decayed cavity is preserved from the contact of the food and of the fluids
of the mouth, teeth may eventually be stopped and preserved for many
years, which would formerly have been condemned to extraction.]
STOPPING OF THE TEETH. 179
attacks of the inflammation, and often retards even the progress
of the disease, that is, the farther decay of the Tooth, so that
many people go on for years thus assisted a method
: but it is
which must be put in practice early, otherwise it cannot be
continued long ; for, if the disease has done considerable damage
to the inside of the Tooth, so as to have weakened it much, the
whole body of the Tooth, most probably, will soon give way in
mastication : therefore, under such circumstances, the patient
must be cautioned not to make too free with the Tooth in
eating, (k)
Gold and lead are the metals generally made use of for
stopping Teeth. Gold being less pliable, must be used in the
leaf; lead is so soft in any form, as to take on any shape by a
small force.
Stuffing the hollow Tooth with wax, galbanum, &c. can be of
very little service, as it is in most cases impossible to confine
these substances, or preserve them from being soon worn away
(Jc) [Inflammation, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, cannot take
place in the dentine or enamel of the tooth, it may do so in the cemen-
tmn and proceed to suppuration as shown by one specimen in the pos-
session of the writer. Mr. Bell has indeed related a case in which he
considered sujrpuration had occurred in the crown of a molar tooth.
No other instance has ever been recorded by any other writer, and as it
is stated that the cavity of the abscess communicated with the natural
cavity of the tooth, it is more reasonable to conclude the pus had pro-
ceeded from the pulp. The remarks which have been previously made
upon caries tend to prove that it is essentially a chemical process, and
hence it is easily understood that by hermetically closing up a carious
cavity the pain arising from the contact of extraneous matter may be
relieved, and the further progress of the disorder arrested.
The increased knowledge which we possess of the physiology and
pathology of the teeth has taught us that if time is allowed for the
deposit of new dentine as mentioned at p. 161, and at the same time the
decayed cavity is preserved from the contact of the food and of the fluids
of the mouth, teeth may eventually be stopped and preserved for many
years, which would formerly have been condemned to extraction.]
