Quick Decalcination of Teeth

Abstract

In the methods usually adopted for the histological examination of teeth the long time generally needed for the preparation is a great inconvenience. As an example may be mentioned partly the decalcination with 5 % trichlor-acetic acid, which takes 1 1/2—2 months, partly the mounting, which is most frequently done in celloidin and takes from some weeks to a couple of months. The teeth embedded in celloidin are easily cut but it is difficult to produce sections sufficiently thin for a more detailed histological, or rather, cytological examination. The sections of the tissue may be obtained somewhat quicker if the teeth are imbedded in paraffin, a method which, however, is less commonly used than embedding in celloidin.