A treatise on the disorders and deformities of the teeth and gums ... with cases and experiments / By Thomas Berdmore.

  • Thomas Berdmore
Date:
1768
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Credit: A treatise on the disorders and deformities of the teeth and gums ... with cases and experiments / By Thomas Berdmore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ *8 ] Canini, and feldom have above two points, or three at moft. In the two is of much gn are three, four, and often five in num¬ ber. The fifth Grinder, or Dens Sapientiae, has a crown much like the two former, but often more rounded and with fewer points. We fometimes find it even in advanced age wholly hid in its focket. The Roots of the Molares are long, more or lefs flatted, Angle in fome of them, in others two, three, or four, but rarely five in number. Sometimes all thefe roots are diftindt, fometimes wholly united, and often united only in part. They are generally flraight, and more diftant from each other at the extremity, than at the neck of the tooth. large Molares the crowr^ iter extent, and the points