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The sudden disappearance of this thermal sen-
completely.
sitiveness marks very certainly the death of the pulp, and
when the pulp of a tooth has died under these conditions it
is of extra importance that we get the pulp out as quickly as
There is more blood than normal in the pulp at the
possible
time of the death of the pulp, and the blood globules are very
liable to be broken up and the hemoglobin set free in solu-
tion which may penetrate the dentinal tubules in every direc-
tion, a red color appearing through the enamel. Such a
is likely to become very dark in time, and it is very
tooth he
difficult to bleach it. So that it is very important when
pulp has died from hyperemia that we get the pulp out be-
fore the blood globules have been broken up and the hemo-

in solution and absorbed into the dentm.
globin set free will come up con-
This condition of thermal sensitiveness
tinually in the cases that will come to you in practice and re-

quire that you handle it along with the other items m he
management of cases, and it is with this view particularly that
I have brought it up.

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