THE PROPER REMEDY FOR TOOTHACHE.
—.j—----i Dr. H. B. Ray gives the following advice on toothache treatment. | Toothache is essentially an jfijdfhmatory condition, and in 90 per cent of the cases there is a cavity in the tooth. In these cases where there is no nerve exposure, the treatment is simple. a sedative and exclude the secretions of the mouth from the cavity ; prompt relief will follow. The patient should tli<en visit a competent dentist. A Very effective agent and one always at hand is oil of cloves. It should be applied by saturating a small mass of cotton or lint with the remedy,, and introducing it into the cavity with a toothpick or other pointed instrument ; that being done the secretions arc kept out by filling the cavity with a little beeswax, a household remedy always at hand. The waw: pan be applied by warming over M’famp on the point of a knife and forcing into the cavity. The wax filling serves not only the purpose of keeping the secretions of the mouth out, but prevents the nerve being affected when hot and cold things are taken into the mouth.
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Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 7, 18 September 1906, Page 2
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191THE PROPER REMEDY FOR TOOTHACHE. Northland Age, Volume 3, Issue 7, 18 September 1906, Page 2
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