Identifier: dentalcosmos5419whit (find matches)
Title: The Dental cosmos
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: White, J. D McQuillen, J. H. (John Hugh), 1826-1879 Ziegler, George Jacob, 1821-1895 White, James William, 1826-1891 Kirk, Edward C. (Edward Cameron), 1856-1933 Anthony, L. Pierce (Lovick Pierce), b. 1877
Subjects: Dentistry Dentistry
Publisher: Philadelphia, S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Co
Contributing Library: Yale University, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Digitizing Sponsor: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the National Endowment for the Humanities

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n, with pockets and slight amount ofpus. Upper centrals and laterals were ex-tremely loosened, and were held by wiresplints—as shown in Fig. 14. a distinct eminence is noted, with curvedsides which slope away from it to passinto the buccal and labial surfaces. Thiseminence is known as the contactpoint, because it is the part of the ap-proximal surface which in the perfectdenture rests in contact with the adjoin-ing tooth. There are few words in dental litera-ture too strong to express the importanceof this contact point in the preservationof the interdental papilla and of the tootliitself. In the perfect tooth, naturemakes that contact point prominent andrelatively sharp, with wide openings ofihe approximal surfaces buceally andlingually. The approximal surfaces, api- SPIES , PYORRHEA, ITS CAUSE AXD TREATMENT. 989 cally to the contact point, separate is the purpose of the contact point to sorapidly, leaving a considerable space; this divide food which passes it that it shall Fig. 3.
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Malocclusion of canine. Inflammation began about it, became chronic, and extended to in-volve lateral and central. Extensive destruction of process on the labial of canine, withfistulous opening from pericemental abscess; the pulp is vital. Inflammatory conditionextending to involve adjoining teeth. space is the home of the interdentalpapilla. In perfect cases the papilla fills be capable of easy diversion by the inter-dental papilla. When these happy con- Fig. 4. Fig. 5.

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