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NOTES ON THE TREATMENT AND
FILLING OF TEETH
CHAPTER I
THE RELIEF OF PAIN
As many patients consult a dentist primarily for tlie
relief of toothaclie, it will be well to briefly consider
the usual causes of this most distressing pain, and
the remedies which generally relieve it.
Toothache is most frequently caused by irritation
and inflammation of the tooth-pulp, by irritation
and inflammation of the dental periosteum, or by a
combined inflammation of both these parts. In the
various text-books accurate and careful descriptions
of the pain caused by these different conditions, and
also by the various stages of the same condition, are
clearly set forth ; but it happens in practice that
few patients are capable of accurately describing the
pain they have suffered, and beyond making a few
general inquiries, such as how long the pain has
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