Excerpt from The Canada Journal of Dental Science, Vol. 1 Among other symptoms of chronic in ammation, we find presented a thickened, soft, and very vascular appearance, with a tendency to grow over the teeth, and where there are broken down roots in the mouth, the gum is apt to envelope them entirely. Dyspeptics, and persons suffering from gastric, intestinal, and hepatic inactivity, are, I think, more than others subject to this kind of sore gum. In many of these cases, the soreness of the mouth and. Gum being nearly sympathetic, the treatment indicated is first to get rid of the exciting cause by proper medication; after which, there will generally be but little difficulty in restoring the mouth to a healthy state. 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."