Interstitial Gingivitis

Author : Eugene Solomon Talbot
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ISBN 13 : 9781331973492
Total Pages : 206 pages
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Download or read book Interstitial Gingivitis written by Eugene Solomon Talbot and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Interstitial Gingivitis: Or So-Called Pyorrhoea Alveolaris The great law of medical science, that to know the cause is half the treatment, is as applicable to dentistry as to any other specialty of medicine, and is as applicable to dental problems as to those of biology generally. Treatment of any disease without knowledge of its pathology is practically a failure. While much has been written upon the pyorrh ic stage of interstitial gingivitis and its treatment, during the past two decades, no new principle has been advanced whereby the parts can be restored to a healthy condition, or whereby the disease can be prevented. The disease is admittedly on the increase. This seems at first sight to indicate that dental prophylaxis and treatment, so far as this disease is concerned, is a failure. Other specialists restore patients to health. Nearly every patient with this disease applies to dentists. Most dentists, however, hardly know the disease exists and much less are capable of offering suggestions as to treatment. It seems strange that in America so little original work has been done upon a disease more to be dreaded than tooth decay. Treatment has been wholly at random, and hence, as a rule, only to limited extent successful. Destruction of the alveolar process and loss of the teeth is so rapidly sure that the necessity for dental scientists to solve the etiology of this very common disease seems imperative. Nearly two decades ago I felt and expressed the necessity for more extended study (Dental Cosmos, 1886, page 689) of the clinical aspects and etiology of this disease. Even during apparently diverse and separated studies, such as those related to dental and maxillary irregularities and degeneracy, the necessity for this has forced itself still further upon me. In the present study, the disease has, of necessity, been considered from the broad standpoint of general pathology. In all instances where possible personal elements of error are present, these have been eliminated by having researches made by more than one observer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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."