Our teeth : how to take care of them / by Victor C. Bell ; with an introduction by Ossian H. Lang.

  • Bell, Victor C. (Victor Charles), 1867-
Date:
[1901], ©1901
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Credit: Our teeth : how to take care of them / by Victor C. Bell ; with an introduction by Ossian H. Lang. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    APPENDIX. SUMMARIES. Names of Teeth. m ,. „ , ) temporary, or milk teeth [baby teeth] ; Two different sets \ , ., .- ) permanent teeth. Kinds of teeth incisors, or cutting teeth; ca?iines, or tearing teeth [eye teeth] ; bicuspids [sometimes called false grinders]; molars, or grinding teeth [true grinders]. Arrangement of Teeth. a.—temporary, or milk teeth. [20.] 2 I 2 + 2 I 2 =IO \ molars, canines, incisors, canines, molars, >• 20. 2 1 2 + 2 1 2 =10 ) B.—PERMANENT TEETH. [32.] 3 2 12 + 21 2 3 =l6 ] molars, bicusp, canines, incisors, canines, bicusp, molars, >• 32. 3 2 12 + 21 2 3 =16 ) Usual Order of Appearance. i.—of milk teeth. Central incisor 5-6th month, Lateral incisor - 7-8th '' First molar i2-i6th '' Canines i4-20th Second molars 2i-36th 7i