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TIGHTENING LOOSE TEETH 9

In cases of pyorrhoea alveolaris, besides the most
careful cleaning, preparatory treatment, both topical
and operative, is to be performed.
In slight cases the pockets should be scraped,
washed out with peroxide of hydrogen, and filled with
a paste of 1 part carbolic acid and 2 parts cam-
phor. Instillations of noxolithe have proved success-
ful. In grave cases deep cauterization should be
performed. This preparatory treatment should be
carried out only a few times, as I am convinced that
the treatment of pyorrhoea gives more favourable
results ^when performed after the careful fixation of
the loosened teeth.
By joining loose teeth, by removing the irritation^
caused by looseness, and by obtaining a closed row,
which cannot give way, given proper occlusion, pain,
interdental spaces, and pockets, may disappear. ''

Necessary Instruments and Materials.
For ttikhig imju-essioKs : S. S. White's Perfection
impression composition ; marble plaster for hard
casts.
For the drilling of the teeth : Lancet burrs ; fissure
burrs ; thin pins (Fig. 3).
For siccuiinfi : Moldine and Melotte's metal.
For retaining appliances : Gold-plate, 24 carat 0'15
;
gold-plate, 22 carat 0*4.
For croicns and collars : Gold-plate, 22 carat 0'4.
For pins : Coin-gold wire.