An atlas of dental extractions : with notes on the causes and relief of dental pain designed for the use of medical students and practitioners / by C. Edward Wallis.

  • Wallis, C. Edward (Charles Edward), 1868-1927.
Date:
1909
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Credit: An atlas of dental extractions : with notes on the causes and relief of dental pain designed for the use of medical students and practitioners / by C. Edward Wallis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ptyalism is especially marked in mercurial poisoning. General treatment.—Constitutional: Remove the cause if possible, as in the case of mercury and phosphorus poisoning. Treat general condition if gouty, rheumatic, tuber¬ culous, or syphilitic. Local.—Render the mouth as aseptic as possible by the use of mouth washes, of which sanitas combined with chlorate of potash lotion (gr. x to the ounce) is one of the best. In cases in which one or more teeth are involved, counter-irritation applied by first drying a large area of the gums near the affected teeth and then painting it with iodine and, aconite paint gives great relief. Formula. R Liquor iodi fortis Lin. aconiti This should not be applied more than twice or three times daily, as it tends to make the mucous membrane so sore that further applications become impossible. The application of a capsicum plaster, which is a sort of diminutive mustard leaf, to the previously dried gum also gives great relief; it should be held over the root of the affected tooth with the finger until it adheres, and then allowed to remain until it falls off. Chronic localised dental periostitis.—This condition must be treated in the same way as the above, by general constitutional treatment and by the application of the iodine and aconite paint night and morning, or if more convenient by the application of capsicum plasters. Chronic suppurative dental periostitis—pyorrhoea alveo¬ lar is.— The pathology of this condition is very obscure ; it is apparently due to a pyogenic infection.