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Published bi-monthly throughout the college year, the first number appearing in January. The subscription price is fifty cents per year, or three years for $1.00.

All communications should be addressed to The DENTAL JOURNAL, Ann Arbor, Mich. Entered at the Postoffice at Ann Arbor as second class matter.

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Medicinal Methods of Removing Live Pulp-J. M. Cartright, '99,
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Surgical Methods of Removing Live Pulp-----C. F. Chase, '99,
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A. C. Erdman, '99,
Our Duty as Students and Practitioners-------J. W. Inglis, '01,
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Outlook for the Coming Dentist..

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Care of the Hands and the Nails.

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THE DENTAL JOURNAL

Published Under the Auspices of the Dental Society of the University of Michigan.

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This subject is one which has heen discussed for many years, and in fact was known to the ancients, and even practiced by them.

Replantation is, as its name implies, a replacing of a tooth which may have become dislodged from the alveolus.

I. By traumatism, a blow or a fall.

II. When a tooth has been accidentally removed by the slipping of a forcep while performing a dental operation.

III. When some disease, otherwise incurable, affects either the root or some portion of the alveolus.

When called upon to perform this operation one must always have everything pertaining to the work in a strictly aseptic condition, or as near to asepsis as possible; otherwise serious results may follow. Another question of great importance is, what condition is the patient in physically to receive the best results? They must be in good health, otherwise the nutritive supply necessary in the injured part is not sufficient to bring about a quick union between the pericementum and surrounding tissue.

In cases where the tooth is dislodged we first remove any foreign substance which may be adhering to it, after which a careful examination is made to see if the root is fractured or in

*Read before students' Dental Society, University of Michigan.

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