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Extraction of the Teeth

J. F. Colyer

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .The method of using a curved elevator will be described in dealing with the removal of the roots of lower molar teeth.

The wound resulting from the removal of a tooth is a lacerated one, and heals by “granulation.” The socket immediately after the operation becomes filled with coagulated blood, which is eventually replaced by granulation tissue, followed at a later period by the formation of loose cancellous bone.

A varying amount of absorption of the alveolar border always follows the removal of a tooth, the continuity in the surface of the gum being restored by ordinary cicatricial fibrous tissue.

The wound is best treated by keeping the parts carefully cleansed as far as possible from all foreign matter, and for this purpose an antiseptic{17} mouth-wash[3] should be used several times a day. From the wound resulting from the extraction of an upper tooth the discharge drains away in a natural manner owing to the orifice being the m. . . Read More