Dr. Arnold said he filled roots with oxychloride by using fibres of cotton on a small broach.
Dr. McKellops defied anyone to fill pulp canals with oxychloride of zinc, as well as with a solution of gutta-percha. He said there was often more than one opening at the apex. He can tell when the gutta-percha has reached the apex by watching the countenance of the patient.
Dr. Gray said he enlarged the root canal and filled with iodoform and oil of cassia.
Dr. F. A. Hunter, Cincinnati, Ohio, said he was never sure that he filled but two roots perfectly, and those were where the gutta-percha appeared at the opening of the sinus leading from the roots.
Dr. W. H. Sillito, Xenia, Ohio, asked if it was not the oxychloride of zinc which had the therapeutic effect.
The annual election of officers ensued with the following result: President. Dr. M. H. Fletcher, Cincinnati; First Vice-President, Dr. L. E. Custer, Dayton; Second Vice-President, Dr. Otto Arnold, Columbus; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. H. T. Matlack, Covington, Ky.; Recording Secretary, Dr. H. T. Smith, Cincinnati; Treasurer, Dr. Frank A. Hunter. Cincinnati.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)