On the condition of the mouth and teeth during pregnancy / by Oakley Coles.

  • Coles, Oakley, 1845-1906.
Date:
1874
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Credit: On the condition of the mouth and teeth during pregnancy / by Oakley Coles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    excising forceps or liand-saw; and on examining the pulp, even with an ordinary magnifying-glass, and pressing it between the finger and thumb, we are able to observe its fatty condition, unmis- takably distinguishable from the ordinary healthy or inflamed pulp. The cut portion of the tooth has also a soft greasy surface, very different to that which is felt with any tooth after extraction for inflamed pulp or periosteum with alveolar abscess. We have, I believe, a condition that may be fairly and scien- tifically called “fatty degeneration.” Although, so far as I am aware, this patho- logical process has not hitherto been associated with the pregnant state, still it is one that has been fully recognized and described in connection with senile and other forms of decay, by Professor Wedl (“Dental Pathology,” pp. 233, 241, 415). Thus, in treating of the affections of the pulp he writes:—“ Fatty degeneration is of frequent occurrence, and is manifested in a general way by its diminished volume and succulency, its re- cession and pale reddish-grey discoloration, with a trace of yellow. ... In some parts, the fat-globules form chainlike or fusiform aggrega- tions, and follow the course of the vessels and nerves; in others, the minute fat-molecules are scattered in the interstitial connective tissue, which may be cleared up by the addition of acetic acid or carbonate of soda. . . . The pulps