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Teeth – Teeth and Gums – Chapter 10 – REPERTORY OF HERING’S GUIDING SYMPTOMS OF OUR MATERIA MEDICA By Calvin B. Knerr, M.D.

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CHAPTER 10.
TEETH AND GUMS.

Dentition
* Gums * Teeth
* Toothache

Teeth.


Abscesses at
roots :-

(See
Gums Abscesses.)

Acids, feel as if
injured by :-

Chlor.

Alveolar
processes :-

(See
Gums.)

Asleep, as if :-

(See
Numb.)

Biting :-

(See Clenching ;
also Lower Jaw Trismus,
Chapter 9 :
Lower Face
, and Bites,
Chapter 1 : Mind
and Disposition
.)

Champing, in
chorea :-

Verat-v.

Did not dare, for fear
they would fall out :-

Nit-ac.

Disposition to :-

PHYT.

Drinking, tumbler,
when :-

Ars.

Involuntary,
sudden :-

Apis.

Roots, causes pain
near, in 3rd molars, opposite each other :-

Hell.


Black

(See Coating.) :-
MERC.,
Nit-ac.,
Puls.,
STAPH.

Face red or
straw-colored :-

Plb.

Typhus, in :-

Arg-n.,
Chlor.

Meningitis, in :-

Thuj.

Bleeding :-

As though blood would
crowd into :-

Caust.

Coagulated blood in
morning on awaking :-

Canth.


Blunt, feel :-

(See
Dull.)

Brown,
in typhus

(See
Coating.) :-
Chlor.

Burning :-

Ther.

Buzzing :-

Hyos.

Caries

(decaying) :-
Anan., ANT-C.,
Bell.,
Bry., Calc.,
Carb-v.,
Caust.,
Cham., Chin.,
Cit-v., Coff., Ferr-p., Hep.,
Hyos., Kali-i., Lach., MERC.,
Nit-ac.,
Nux-m.,
Nux-v., Ph-ac., Phos., Plb.,
Puls., Rhus-t., Sil., STAPH.,
Sulph.

Air, sensitive
to :-

Bry.

Begins as soon as they
appear :-

KREOS.,
Staph.

Chlorosis, in :-

SEP.

Crusty :-

Rhus-t.

Decay, easily :-

Med.

Edge of gum at,
breaking off :-

Syph.

Exfoliate :-

Staph.

Exfoliation of
molar :-

Aspar.

Exfoliates, from
posterior surface :-

Staph.

Hollow, feel too
long :-

Hep.,
Plb.

Gums, at

(meningitis) :-
Thuj.

Irritation, causing
frequent gumboils :-

Phos.

Loose, feel :-

Nat-m.

Lower :-

Mag-c.

Mercury, after :-

Carb-v.,
Glon., Nit-ac., Staph.

Mercury, after, in
consumption :-

Kali-bi.

Molar, of left, with
deafness and roaring in left ear

(chronic
otitis media) :-
Nat-c.

Molar, right
lower :-

Calc-s.

Painless cavity :-

Aspar.

Premature in
children :-

Calc.,
Calc-f., Calc-p., Coff.,
Fl-ac., KREOS.,
Staph.

Prevented by :-

Coca.

Rapid :-

Am-c.,
Calc.,
Carb-v., FL-AC.,
Phos., SEP.

Roots, at :-

Mez.

Roots, at, as in
sycosis, crown remaining sound :-

Thuj.

Scorbutic subjects,
in :-

Ph-ac.

Sensitive :-

Ptel.

Sensitive to cold
water :-

Brom.

Snags :-

RHOD.

Sudden on side above
gums, crown remains intact :-

Mez.

Sun, after exposure
to :-

Glon.

Tuberculous disease,
in, of knee :-

Tub.


Chalky

(See Crumbling.) :-
Calc-f.,
Med.

Chattering :-

Acon.,
Bar-c., Gels.,
Kali-p.,
Puls., Tarent.

Chills, with :-

Cact.,
Hep.,
Laur.,
Med.,
Thuj.

Chills, with, up
back :-

Nat-s.

Chills, caused by,
running down back like streams of cold water at commencement of
fever :-

Vario.

Chill, with, in
intermittent :-

Ip.

Colic, in :-

Bov.

Cold, from, during
menses :-

Inul.

Convulsions of masseter
muscles, as from, with slight chill :-

Stann.

Evening, worse in, from
warmth :-

Ant-t.

Face, with chilliness
on, and arms :-

Ign.

Face, in neuralgia
of :-

Sul-ac.

Fever, paroxysm of
ague, as if he had a :-

Vesp.

Fever, between pains,
starting from anterior portion of right thigh where there is also a
sensation of shivering :-

Puls.

Fever, on attempting to
speak,

(intermittent) :-
Cocc.

Rigor, in :-

Camph.


Clenched

(See Biting ;
also Lower Jaw Trismus,
Chapter 9 :
Lower Face
.) :-
Amyg., Hyos.,
Lyc.,
Nux-v.,
Phyt., Stram.

Epileptic fits,
in :-

Mag-p.

Force, great, could not
open them :-

Bell.

Ground together :-

Ferr-m.

Firmly and immovably

(spasms
resembling epilepsy, in children) :-
Ign.

Inclination to :-

Anan.


Close at night, cannot

(toothache) :-
Chim.

On left side, feel as
if too, to one another :-

Cor-r.

Coating :-

(See Dirty,
Fetid.)

Black :-

Chin.,
Con.

Brown :-

Kali-p.

Brown, dry, in hepatic
typhus :-

Chel.

Brownish, thick :-

Colch.

Mucus, of :-

Ant-t.,
Cham., Sel.

Mucus, of, black or
brown, in typhoid :-

Ars.

Mucus, bloody, in
infantile syphilis :-

Syph.

Mucus, brown, in
cholera infantum :-

Hyos.

Mucus, dark, in
typhus :-

Fl-ac.

Mucus, pasty, in
afternoon :-

Cahin.

Mucus, sticky,
dark :-

Verat.

Mucus, thick :-

Cimic.

Mucus, thick,
brown :-

Vario.

Mucus, tough, white,
going off after rinsing mouth :-

Mag-c.

Mucus, viscid, thready,
in typhoid :-

Phos.

Mucus, yellow :-

Plb.

Mucus, yellow, in
typhus :-

Apis.

Thick, with tenacious,
foul mucus, deeply imprinting cheeks and edges of tongue

(stomacace) :-
Dulc.

Yellow :-

Asc-t.

Yellow, thick membrane

(diphtheria) :-
Sul-ac.

Sordes :-

Alumn.,
Carb-ac.,
Gels., HYOS.,
Merc-c., RHUS-T.,
Sulph.

Sordes, brown, in
typhus :-

Apis.

Sordes, thick, brown,
in low fever :-

Cact.

Sordes, brown, in
hydrocephalus acutus :-

Dig.

Sordes, dark :-

Chin.

Sordes, in
diphtheria :-

Mur-ac.

Sordes, in
typhus :-

BAPT.,
Iris, PH-AC.

Sordes, in bilious
typhoid :-

Stram.

Sordes, in
toothache :-

Ant-c.

Sordes, in
measles :-

Lach.

Sordes, in
scarlatina :-

Carb-ac.

Cold feeling :-

Anag.,
Anan., Astac., Carb-v.,
Cocc-s., Nit-ac.,
Petr.

Incisors, in :-

Acon.,
Dros.

Incisors, in, upper, as
from cold breath :-

Asar.

Inspiration, on, as if
cold touched them :-

Cedr.

Incisors, in right
lower :-

Aran.

Incisors, in points
of :-

Gamb.

Incisors, in upper,
after pain :-

Aran.

Molars, rushed out of,
with feeling of elongation :-

Rat.

Painful, with
accumulation of saliva :-

Rheum.

Prosopalgia, in :-

Cocc.

Roots of molars,
in :-

Ph-ac.

Toothache, in :-

Mez.

Touched, when :-

Spig.

Touched, when, by
finger :-

Cocc-s.


Crawling :-

Amenorrhœa, in :-

Cham.

Jaw, in upper :-

Cham.

Root, in, as of a worm,
with bloody saliva, smelling like onions :-

Kali-i.

Crumbling :-

Anan., Calc.,
Calc-f., Calc-p., Euphor., Fl-ac., Plb.,
Staph.,
Thuj.

Rachitis, in, atrophy
of children :-

Staph.

Toothache, in :-

Euphor.

Converge, incisors, at
their tips

(inherited
syphilis) :- Syph.

Cupped, in
children :-

Syph.

Decay :-

(See
Caries.)

Dentine,
inflamed :-

MERC.

Dirty

(See Caries,
Coated, Fetid.) :-
All-c.

Typhus, in :-

Camph.

Stomatitis, in :-

Caps.

Mercurio-syphilis,
in :-

Aur-m-n.

In tuberculous disease
of knee :-

Tub.

In suppression of
urine :-

Camph.

Dry :-

Tarent.

Typhus, in, suppression
of urine :-

Camph.

Dull

(See On
edge
.) :- Am-c.,
Kali-m.,
Lith-c.,
Nat-m.,
Sul-ac.

Feel dull :-

Berb.,
Caps., MEZ.,
Ph-ac., Sep.,
Tarax.

Masticating,
when :-

Spong.

As if they were soft
and became bent on chewing :-

Coch.

Suddenly, in one of
upper molars, when chewing :-

Aur.

Blunt :-

Asaf.,
Dulc., MEZ.

Blunt, after chewing
meat :-

Caust.

Blunt, in
toothache :-

LACH.

Blunted more easily
than usual by vegetable acids :-

Iod.

Dwarfed, incisors, in
inherited syphilis :-

Syph.

Edge,
feel on

(See
Dull.) :-
Bell.,
Cahin., Chin-b., Lyss., Sul-ac., Zinc.

Acids, as from, when
chewing food :-

Tarax.

Front :-

Stront-c.

Left side, on :-

Cor-r.

Menses, during :-

Merc.

Mucus, by sour, hawked
up :-

Tarax.


Enamel,
deficient :-

Calc-f.

Extraction :-

(See
Gums Injuries.)

Fall
out

(See Loose.) :-
Am-c.,
Bufo, Merc.,
Merc-c.

Feel as if they
would :-

Acon.,
Nit-ac.

From calomel :-

Lyc.

In masticating :-

Hyos.

All lost except
incisors, at least crown of teeth, leaving only roots, with very red
and soft gums :-

Merc.

Fetid :-

Odor :-

Calc.,
Kali-c., Plb.

From decayed :-

KREOS.

In impetigo
capitis :-

Caust.

Taste, acrid,
foul :-

Fl-ac.

Fistula :-

(See
Gums Fistula.)

Fixed, sensation as if,
in a mass of pap :-

Merc.

Fluttering, painless,
occasionally, as of something alive, cannot detect which tooth it
is :-

Syph.

Forced, as if, out of
socket :-

Arn.,
Bell., Berb., Zinc.

Foreign, sensation as
of a, body in them :-

Caust.

Foul :-

(See
Caries, Coated,
Dirty, Fetid.)

Fulness :-

Chlor.

In alveoli of 1st and
2nd back teeth of both sides of upper jaw :-

Cham.

Gnashing

(See Biting,
Grinding.) :-
Acon., Ars.,
Cina,
Con.

Convulsions, in :-

Caust., Zinc.

Delirium, in :-

BELL.

Hydrocephalus,
in :-

Grat.

Inclined to, as in a
chill :-

Calc.

Grinding, and :-

Lyss.

In meningitis :-

Grat.

Puerperal convulsions,
in :-

Atrop-s.

Sleep, during :-

Kali-c.

Grating :-

(See Grinding.)

Greenish

(phthisical
habit) :- Tub.

Gray, dirty :-

MERC.

Grinding :-

Acon., Asaf., BELL.,
Calc., Caust., Coff.,
Colch.,
Hell., HYOS.,
Lyss., Merc.,
Merc-i-f., Plb.,
Sec., Syph.,
Verat., Zinc.

Abdomen, with pain
in :-

Cham.

Awakens at
night :-

Crot-h.

Brain affections,
in :-

Cupr.,
Hell.

Convulsive, in
apoplexy, or convulsions of teething children, after
excitement :-

Coff.

Convulsions, in
puerperal :-

Nux-v.

Dentition, in :-

Bell.,
Cic., Sep., Stram.

Diarrhœa, with painful :-

PODO.

Bitten thumb, produced
by pain in :-

Lyss.

Epilepsy, in :-

Bufo,
HYOS.,
Tarent.

As in :-

Merc.

Epileptic attack,
before :-

Sulph.

Faint, at beginning
of :-

Laur.

Fever, in
scarlet :-

Zinc.

In typhus :-

Ars.,
Canth., Lyc.

Hydrocephalus,
in :-

Apis,
Art., Carb-ac., Cupr-a., Stram.

Measles :-

Acon.,
Apis, Bell., Canth., Hell., Hyos.

Meningitis, in :-

Sulph.

Menses, at end
of :-

Verat.

Night, at :-

Mygal.,
Plan., Podo.

In tabes mesenterica,
incipient phthisis :-

Tub.


Scarlatina, in :-

Zinc.

Shuddering, with, over
whole body :-

Stram.

Sleep, in :-

Ars.,
BELL.,
CANN-I., CINA, Hyos.,
Ign., Nat-p.,
Plan.

In chorea :-

Mygal.

Sleep, disturbs

(incipient
basilar meningitis) :-
Kali-br.

Slumber, breaks half,
in typhus :-

Ars.

Sleep, in, molar
broken :-

Crot-h.

With moans and
cries :-

Kali-br.

Sleep, with
restless :-

Podo.

Sleep, in, with pain in
stomach and head, with vomiting :-

Lac-d.

Stupor, during heavy

(diphtheria) :-
Lyc.

Tetanus, during :-

Cic.

Worms, with :-

Cina.

Heat :-

Spong.

Heaviness

(See Fulness.) :-
Fl-ac.

Alveoli, in, of 1st and
2nd back teeth of both sides of upper jaw :-

Cham.

In right molars and
bicuspids

(some
decayed), 8 P.M. and
2 and 3 A.M., sensation comes and goes gradually :- Cinnb.

As if filled with
zinc :-

Verat.


Hollow,
feel :-

(See
Caries.)

On lower side :-

Asar.

Sensation in back teeth
as if they were hollow and air were forced into them :-

Cocc-s.


Injuries :-

(See Gums
Injuries
, and Toothache
Traumatic
.)

To dental
nerves :-

Hyper.

Sensitive after
filling :-

ARN.,
NUX-V.

Itching :-

About lower :-

Spong.

Amenorrhœa, in :-

Cham.

Large,
as if too

(See
Long.) :-
Berb., Sil.

Right molars and
bicuspids

(some
decayed), 8 P.M., and
2 and 3 A.M., sensation comes and goes gradually :- Cinnb.

Long,
as if too

(See
Large.) :-
Agar.,
All-c., Alumn.,
Am-c.,
Arn., Ars., Aur.,
Bell.,
Berb., Bry.,
Calc., Camph.,
Caps., Carb-v.,
Caul., CAUST.,
CHAM.,
Cocc.,
Colch.,
Glon.,
Hyos.,
Iodof., Kali-i.,
Lach., Lyc., Mag-c., Merc., MEZ.,
Nat-m.,
Nit-ac., Nux-v., Phyt.,
Ptel.,
Rhus-t.,
Sil.,
Stann.,
Sulph.

Air, worse in
cold :-

Cob.

Biting, when :-

Lach.

Chewing, when :-

Hyos.

Cannot eat :-

Caust.,
Merc-i-f.

Glands, with swelling
of submaxillary :-

Zinc.

Hollow, when :-

Lach.

Incisors :-

Gamb.

Upper :-

Mag-m.,
Pall.


Incisor, in left upper,
shooting, pulsating, painful to touch, worse lying down, must ride
and walk :-

Rat.

Jaw, with jerking and
shooting in lower :-

Nux-v.

Left side, on :-

Plan.

Molars worse on
bringing them together :-

Merc-i-f.

With sensation as if
coldness rushed out of them :-

Rat.


Pregnancy, in :-

Merc.

Prosopalgia, in :-

Spig.

Right side, on :-

Chr-ac.

Right eye tooth :-

Mez.

Toothache, in :-

Bor.,
Glon., LACH.

Toothache in carious
molar :-

Sep.

Vomit, after corrosive
sour :-

Calad.


Loose

(See Fall
out
, Long.) :-
Alumn., Am-c.,
Arn.,
Ars.,
Aur-m., Bar-m., Bry.,
Carb-an., CARB-V.,
Caust.,
Cham.,
Chin., Cocc., Con., Hep.,
HYOS.,
Ign., Kali-c.,
MERC.,
Merc-c.,
Mur-ac., Nat-m., Nit-ac.,
Nux-m.,
Nux-v.,
Ph-ac., Phos.,
Puls.,
Rhus-t., Rob.,
Sec., Sep.,
Sil., Staph., Sulph., ZINC.

Cannot bite on
them :-

Lith-c.

Chewing, when :-

Chin.

Drop out, at
last :-

Merc.

Facial neuralgia,
in :-

Rhus-t.

Fears they may fall
out, worse from touch, especially front teeth :-

Psor.

Feel loose :-

Ars.,
Bry., Con.,
Hyos.,
Lachn.,
MERC.,
Nux-m., Nux-v.,
Rhus-t.,
Spig.,
Stann.

Feeling, in
cystitis :-

Lyc.

Feeling, with swelling
of submaxillary glands :-

Zinc.

Feeling, during
mastication :-

Con.,
Spong.

Feeling, better
pressing teeth together and pressing throat with hands

(syphilitic
neuralgia) :- Syph.

Front or as if too
long :-

Lyc.

Glands, with swelling
of parotid and submaxillary, after abuse of mercury :-

NIT-AC.

Gums recede, in
mercurio-syphilis :-

Aur-m-n.

Gums swollen :-

Mag-c.

Gums ulcerated,
inflamed :-

Phos.

Incisors, lower, cannot
bite upon :-

Rhus-t.

Jaw, with swelling of
lower :-

Kali-c.

Mercury, in consequence
of large dose of, in syphilis :-

Phyt.

Molars :-

Hep.,
MERC.

Molars, on
right :-

Com.

Nutrition, caused by
defective, and exposure :-

Lac-c.

Painful :-

Camph.,
Caust., Puls.

Periostitis, in :-

Merc.

Pregnancy, in :-

Merc.

Right side, in
stomacace :-

Kali-bi.

Salivation,
with :-

Sang.

Sound in
succession :-

MERC.

Syphilis, in :-

Lyc.

Toothache, in :-

RHOD.,
Sulph.

Toothache, in, when
chewing :-

Alumn.,
Ars-s-f.


Mercury, injured
by :-

Carb-v.,
Glon., Kali-bi., Nit-ac., Staph.

Mucus, covered
with :-

(See
Coating.)

Nerve exposed :-

Ars.

Notched :-

(See
Serrated.)

Numb :-

Ars., Lith-c.,
Petr.

Asleep, as if :-

Dulc.,
Rhus-t.

Oil, feel as if covered
with :-

Æsc.

Periostitis

(See Lower
Jaw Periostitis
, Chapter 9 :
Lower Face
.) :-
Phos.

Picks until they
bleed :-

Sel.

Place, feeling as if
they had gotten out of :-

Syph.

Pressure :-

Blood, as if, were
forced into :-

Chin.

Outward, as if by blood
rushing toward them, worse touch :-

Arn.

Meat, as if shred of,
were between :-

Caust.

Left side, as if a
tenacious body were lodged between :-

Cor-r.

Upper, in, with
confusion in left side of head :-

Coloc.

Wants to :-

Merc-i-f.


Quivering, as if on a
vibrating board, 4 P.M. :-

Phys.

Roughness :-

Of lower
incisor :-

Fl-ac.

Tartar, from :-

Mez.

Scraping :-

Berb.

Sensitive

(See Tender.) :-
Fl-ac., Lyc.,
Lyss.,
Mag-p.,
Merc.,
Senec.,
Sulph.

Air, to :-

Berb.,
NAT-M.

Air, to cold :-

Acon.,
Cina.

Air, to cold, right
lower molar :-

Calc-s.

Air, especially drawing
in, right lower incisors, returns each day at same hour :-

Aran.

Cold, sensitive to,
air, especially those that have been filled :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Cold, sensitive to,
drinks :-

Staph.

Cold, sensitive to,
things :-

Arg-n.

Cold, cannot bear
anything, to touch eye tooth, better sweating :-

Carb-an.

Cold, cool water
affects teeth as if too :-

Ther.

Cold, while
chewing :-

Agar.,
Calc-p.,
Carb-an.

Cold, to least :-

Carb-an.,
Coc-c.

Incisors :-

Aur-m.

Incisors, upper :-

Mag-m., Sars.

Incisor, left upper and
outer, and feels like foreign body :-

Pall.

Left, worse, side
upper :-

Gymno.

Lower,
especially :-

Nat-c.

Pressure, to :-

Agar.,
Ars.

Pressure, to, right
side

(stomacace) :-
Kali-bi.

Pressure, to slight, on
crown, right upper cuspid :-

Hecla.

Pressed together, when,
as in biting :-

Colch.

Plugged, cannot
be :-

Fl-ac.

Shrill sounds,
to :-

Ther.

Touch, to :-

Agar.,
Berb., Coc-c., Lyc.,
NAT-M.,
Staph.

Touch, to, especially
hollow :-

Aloe,
Caps., Card-m., Cham.,
Staph.

Water, to cold :-

Ars.,
Cina.

Water, to, right lower
molar :-

Calc-s.

Warm, to, drinks, those
that have been plugged :-

Sin-a.,
Sin-n.

Water, cool, feels too
cold :-

Ther.


Serrated :-

Upper incisors, 1st
central :-

Syph.

Edges :-

Med.

Incisors, notched in
incipient phthisis :-

Tub.


Set :-

(See
Clenched.)

Soft :-

(See Spongy.)

Feeling :-

Med.,
Nit-ac.

Right molars, and
bicuspids

(some
decayed), 8 P.M., and
2 and 3 A.M., comes and goes gradually :- Cinnb.

Spongy :-
Nit-ac.

Sordes :-

(See
Coating.)

Specks, show
dark :-

KREOS.

Sticky

(See Coating.) :-
Sang.

Phlegm, with
yellow :-

Iod.

Stick together as if
glued :-

Arg-m.

Stick together as if
glued by tough mucus in mouth, of a foul, nauseous taste :-

Psor.


Streaks, show
dark :-

STAPH.

Tartar, rough
from :-

Mez.

Tender

(See Sensitive.) :-
Senec.

With neuralgia of
face :-

Kalm.

Exquisitely, and loose
in its socket :-

Gels.

Meals, worse
between :-

Ign.

Right lower :-

Calc-s.


Tension :-

Right, in :-

Bar-c.

Painful :-

Ther.


Throbbing, painless, in
roots :-

Ars.

Tickling, sensation, in
lower :-

All-s.

Touch,
inclined to, with tongue

(See
Sensitive.) :-
Calc.

Tumor, size of a
walnut, in place of 2 bicuspids :-

SIL.

Warm feeling, left,
upper :-

Fl-ac.

Water, sensitive
to :-

(See
Sensitive.)

Wedge-shaped :-

Kreos.

Wedged, feel as if, in
post-diphtheritic affection

(See
Pressure.) :-
Lach.

Wisdom teeth :-

Ailments from
cutting :-

Calc.,
Mag-c., Sil.

Come late :-

Fl-ac.

Worm in, felt like a,
could not tell which :-

Syph.

Worn off :-

Cit-v.

Yellow :-

All-c.,
Iod., Lyc., Med.,
Nit-ac., Ph-ac.,
Thuj.

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