Description of an odontome / by Charles S. Tomes.

  • Charles Sissmore Tomes
Date:
1872
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Description of an odontome / by Charles S. Tomes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Looking down on the surface worn by mastica- tion, we see (at the left-hand upper corner of the figure) the crown of the tooth, v/ith the complex pattern characteristic of a horse's lower molar quite unaltered; this tooth, the internal and posterior surfaces of which are free, whilst the anterior and external surfaces are imbedded in the growth, formed a part of the masticating surface. The remaining portion, which is grooved and worn by mastication, presents a pohshed, smooth surface, with holes in places, and consists of one single histological structure—namely, cementum. In the section made I did not discover any dentine or any enamel, and herein it differs from the Odontome described last month. Nevertheless, although made up solely of cementum, the name exostosis is not altogether appropriate to it. In exostosis, successive layers
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