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R B Wolcott

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Dental sequelae to the binge-purge syndrome (bulimia): report of cases.

The "thin-is-in" syndrome that obsesses many young people today leads to many severe medical and dental complications. Dental damage that follows the binge-purge episodes is reduced by strict management of oral hygiene; the damage is not totally correctable until the habit is well controlled through proper psychotherapy.

Adolescent↗

A method for the control of galvanism.

A simple method has been described for controlling the galvanic pain that occasionally follows the placement of amalgam restorations. The use of silver nitrate appears to be immediately effective in eliminating this annoying occasional problem.

Dental Amalgam↗