Notes on dental surgery and pathology : with over 150 illustrations ;it is intended as a ready reference for the busy practitioner and a note-book for students; interleaved with blank pages for the reader's own notes and drawings. / by T.W. Widdowson.

  • Widdowson, T.W.
Date:
1914
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Notes on dental surgery and pathology : with over 150 illustrations ;it is intended as a ready reference for the busy practitioner and a note-book for students; interleaved with blank pages for the reader's own notes and drawings. / by T.W. Widdowson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the University of Toronto, Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harry A Abbott Dentistry Library, University of Toronto.

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    a very shallow cavity a small flat piece of cardboard may be utilized as a cap. The process is as follows: — (i) Stop any haemorrhage, and this may be done with spirits of camphor, (ii) Syringe out the cavity with tepid water. (iii) Apply the rubber dam. (ivj Swab with a non-irritant antiseptic, such as a warm weak borax solu- tion, (v) Dry thoroughly with warm air. (vi) Flow a very small quantity of a melted mixture of equal parts of salol and thymol thickened with a little very fine zinc oxide, or a mixture of oxysulphate of zinc and oil of cloves, or of chloroform and gutta-percha over the ex- posure. (vii) Fill the concave surface of the cap with the same mixture used for flooring and apply it accurately over the pulp, the edge resting on the dentine all round. (viii) Fill the cavity with Hill's gutta- percha or cement. The following conditions are necessary to successful capping: — A perfect fitting cap. A non-irritant cap. A non-conducting cap. Absence of pressure. Asepsis.