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days, and the gums will swell ; in others there will neither
be soreness nor swelling.
The patient must take great care not to catch cold, or
expose himself to any of the other common causes of fever;
for such accidents arc very likely to prevent the success of
this operation. This caution is more necessary in the winter,
than the summer.
The Tooth in some will begin to be fast in a few days, and
the gum will cling close to it ; while, in others, many weeks
will pass before this happens ; though the Tooth may become
fixed at last.
I have seen the transplanted Tooth come a little way out
of the Socket ; and, without any art being used, retire into it
as far as at first. The silk is to be removed sooner or later,
according as the Tooth is more or less fast ; in some people
after a fortnight, in others not till some months after the
operation.
This operation, like all others, is not attended with certain
success. It sometimes happens that the two parts do not
unite ; and in such cases the Tooth often acts as an extra-
neous body*, and instead of fastening, the Tooth becomes
looser and looser ; the gum swells, and a considerable inflam-
mation is kept up, often terminating in a Gum-Boil. In
some cases, where it is also not attended with success, there
are not these symptoms ; the parts appear pretty sound, only
the Teeth do not fasten, and sometimes drop out.
It also happens, that transplanted Teeth have a very
singular operation performed on them while in the Socket
the living Socket and Gum finding this body kept in by
force, so that they cannot push it out, set about another
mode of getting rid of it, by eating away the fang till the
* I say often, because I do not suppose that it always acts as an
extraneous body ; because we know that dead Teeth have stood for years,
without affecting the Sockets or Gums in the least. We may therefore
suppose, that it is sometimes the case with transplanted living Teeth.
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days, and the gums will swell ; in others there will neither
be soreness nor swelling.
The patient must take great care not to catch cold, or
expose himself to any of the other common causes of fever;
for such accidents arc very likely to prevent the success of
this operation. This caution is more necessary in the winter,
than the summer.
The Tooth in some will begin to be fast in a few days, and
the gum will cling close to it ; while, in others, many weeks
will pass before this happens ; though the Tooth may become
fixed at last.
I have seen the transplanted Tooth come a little way out
of the Socket ; and, without any art being used, retire into it
as far as at first. The silk is to be removed sooner or later,
according as the Tooth is more or less fast ; in some people
after a fortnight, in others not till some months after the
operation.
This operation, like all others, is not attended with certain
success. It sometimes happens that the two parts do not
unite ; and in such cases the Tooth often acts as an extra-
neous body*, and instead of fastening, the Tooth becomes
looser and looser ; the gum swells, and a considerable inflam-
mation is kept up, often terminating in a Gum-Boil. In
some cases, where it is also not attended with success, there
are not these symptoms ; the parts appear pretty sound, only
the Teeth do not fasten, and sometimes drop out.
It also happens, that transplanted Teeth have a very
singular operation performed on them while in the Socket
the living Socket and Gum finding this body kept in by
force, so that they cannot push it out, set about another
mode of getting rid of it, by eating away the fang till the
* I say often, because I do not suppose that it always acts as an
extraneous body ; because we know that dead Teeth have stood for years,
without affecting the Sockets or Gums in the least. We may therefore
suppose, that it is sometimes the case with transplanted living Teeth.
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