The Diseases and Treatment of the Investing Tissues of the Teeth (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Diseases and Treatment of the Investing Tissues of the TeethThe peridental membrane is defined as the soft tissue which serves to connect the root of the tooth with the bone of the alveolar process. We might refer to it as the connecting link between chronic infection of the mouth and the general health, since there is practically always a break in this tissue which permits the infective agent to enter the circulation and be carried to distant parts. We might also think of this tissue as that which must bind together the medical and dental profes sions in their fight against the ever-increasing list of diseases which are recognized as occurring secondary to focal infections. We are con cerned chie¿y with the dentist's part in protecting the health of his patients, but we will not overlook his duty to conserve the teeth.Disease of the peridental membrane does not occur except as a result of (1) a preceding gingivitis or (2) the death of the dental pulp. In the one case there may occur a detachment of the tissue from the cementum beginning at the gingival line of the tooth, with the formation of a pus pocket alongside the root, in the other, the detachment occurs about the apex of the root with the development of a chronic alveolar abscess. It will be noted later that the pathological changes in both cases are similar and that we are confronted with the same difficulties in protecting the general health from the effects of these foci. We will come to realize also that the danger to health demands the elimination of all such foci.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.