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accomplished with the ordinary bone spoon repre- 

 sented in figure 30, which should be followed by 

 the brush, an ordinary nail brush answering the 

 purpose. Care must be observed and if possible 



FIG. 30. 



BONE SCRAPER. 



every particle removed or it will form a nucleus 

 around which deposition will again take place very 

 rapidly. 



LAMPAS CAUSE, SYMPTOMS AND TREAT- 

 MENT. 



Closely allied. to the subject of tartar is another 

 condition which has received the name Lampas. 

 This term does not convey a definite meaning of 

 the condition to which it is applied, yet for the want 

 of a better one it will have to be used. 



Lampas is an unnatural tumidity of the bars 

 forming the roof of the mouth, frequently involving 

 the gums of both upper and lower jaw. The bars 

 are pale colored and pliable during health, but 

 in a mouth affected with Lampas they will 

 swell up, become red and tumid, bulging down- 

 ward even with, and often below the grind- 

 ing surface of the teeth. They have lost their 

 pliability and are much harder to the touch 



