The diseases of children's teeth : their prevention and treatment : a manual for medical practitioners and students / by R. Denison Pedley.

  • Pedley, R. Denison (Richard Denison), 1857-1925.
Date:
[1895]
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Credit: The diseases of children's teeth : their prevention and treatment : a manual for medical practitioners and students / by R. Denison Pedley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    deposition takes place, and ulceration of gum tissue with a sanious or purulent discharge is followed by absorption of the alveolus and the loss of the teeth. Amy J. H., aged 6 years 3 moatlis. The mobher says the child's mouth has been bad for the last 9 months. She has constant head- ache. Cries every morning about her forehead. The teeth on the left side of the mouth are coated with a soft brownish deposit of tartar and dehvh of food. The gum margin round the necks of the teeth is deeply ulcerated where the tartar rests. The ulcer- ated surfaces are surmounted with greyish slough. The discharge is profuse, and very foul, staining the pillow and night sown shocking. ° rym^me?2^.—Removal of all tartar, also a deeply carious molar. A mouth-wash of Pot. Permang. ordered and Mist. Pot. Chlor. c Acid. (Evelina.) This child was quite well in 7 days. 4^ r