I SES or ELECTRICITY. Electricity prac ti•al applications in dentistry as well as in the arts, and is utilized not only for the control of various mechanical appliances employed by the operative :hid piostlietie dentist, Nil in the form of the electric mouth-lamp. the eataphorie current. is used for diagnostie and theta pentie purposes as well, I ',Oa or the method of forcing drugs into the tissues by of the gah .1111e \Va.. proposed hy Dr. Il. NV. Richardson as far back a. 1857, but ha• conic into general use only within recent years. The X•rlys, el' I ray-. are limy loll to practical Ise in dental a• well a-. in gen eral surgery. and as a moans of diagnosis are sometimes of cry great assistance. For the purpose of deteeting imerupted Or impacted teeth, abnormal growths on or :11/1/11t t Ile teeth, 11111/erfeel root canal resorption of roots.
froettires of the jaw, or tli• pre-enee of foreign hut lie, in t' y allooli of the teeth, the X-rays are of great value :not frequently utilized.
N r nr boost: TEETH. teeth fre• (ineptly Meome loosened from their attachments is consequence of 'twat or it lit II/11111 llj,• :111/1 the lreatunatt of this condition is -till a somewhat I;notty 1,robleni. 111mn due to loyal calt-e-. of ..al or ordinary tartar, the treatment is prin cipally loyal, ai .1 consists in first removing the deposit-. getting the teeth as smooth as possible, :nil then adopting proper therapeutic and pros phylnetie a view to inducing a 1.ealthy eondit ion of the soft and prevent • ing return of the deposit. The emistitul Mita' cause, I. more often concerned than any other in bringing about the 1410,/./ijilv: the called 'gouty' or 'rheunnttie' condition.
In eases of this nature, the treatment should be both local and constitutional or general.