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228 THE TREATMENT OF TEETH
feeling of comfort in a pulpless tooth after the root
and crown have been filled. Many pulpless teeth
filled and treated by purely mechanical methods,
without respect to the complete disinfection of the
dentine, are a permanent source of discomfort to
their possessors,
" Of the many agents and processes for the
disinfection of the dentine of a pulpless tooth, none
possess so few disadvantages in the handling as the
essential oils. They do not act with the instan-
taneous rapidity that some forms of mercury do, or
even with the rapidity of hydrogen peroxide, but
their action, if slower, is more perfect and con-
tinuous. The oils do not lose their property by
exposure, they do not deteriorate, and their effi-
cacy has been established clinically as well as in
laboratory experiment. To sum up their advantages
in dental practice I would say :
" 1. They possess local anaesthetic properties.
" 2. They are stimulants,
" 3. They are non-coagulants.
" 4. They are sparingly soluble in water, and on
this account are not contaminated by saliva, food^
or other foreign substances.
"5. They are diffusible.
" 6. The camphors which are deposited, when
brought in contact with the slightest quantity of
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228 THE TREATMENT OF TEETH
feeling of comfort in a pulpless tooth after the root
and crown have been filled. Many pulpless teeth
filled and treated by purely mechanical methods,
without respect to the complete disinfection of the
dentine, are a permanent source of discomfort to
their possessors,
" Of the many agents and processes for the
disinfection of the dentine of a pulpless tooth, none
possess so few disadvantages in the handling as the
essential oils. They do not act with the instan-
taneous rapidity that some forms of mercury do, or
even with the rapidity of hydrogen peroxide, but
their action, if slower, is more perfect and con-
tinuous. The oils do not lose their property by
exposure, they do not deteriorate, and their effi-
cacy has been established clinically as well as in
laboratory experiment. To sum up their advantages
in dental practice I would say :
" 1. They possess local anaesthetic properties.
" 2. They are stimulants,
" 3. They are non-coagulants.
" 4. They are sparingly soluble in water, and on
this account are not contaminated by saliva, food^
or other foreign substances.
"5. They are diffusible.
" 6. The camphors which are deposited, when
brought in contact with the slightest quantity of
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