A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes.

Date:
1887
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    is, however, generally a little larger, and the sockets slightly deeper and more prominent at the anterior free margins, than at the time of birth, the relative position of the teeth Fig. 5. (i) being unchanged. In the lower jaw the differences are much more strongly marked. In addition to a general increase of size, growth has advanced rapidly in the ramus, and the angle has become less obtuse. The articular j^rocess rises above the general level of the alveolar ridge, an indica- tion that during the early weeks of infancy growth is more active in the ascending ramus than in any other part of the lower jaw. At the point of junction of the two halves, (}) The xipper jaw of a male two months old, showing the general in- crease of size as compared with the fcetal jaw, and the increased depth of the alveolar processes. (2) The lower jaw of a male tM'o months old, showing the increased size as compared with the foetal jaw given in Fig. 4, and the changes in the relative position of the body and ^ascending ramus during the two months succeeding birth.
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