Studies of the internal anatomy of the face / by M.H. Cryer.

  • Matthew Cryer
Date:
1901
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Credit: Studies of the internal anatomy of the face / by M.H. Cryer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the lessened prognathism of the Caucasian race is one of the principal causes of the suggested suppression of the third molar. An example of the occasional rudimentary fourth molar of the prognathous savage is seen in Fig. 127. Fig. 125. Composite picture of the two skulls shown in Fig. 124. Fig. 126. A B Under view of skulls shown in Fig. 124. Rudimentary or Suppressed Molars. ]\Ianv skulls of the Caucasian races have only rudimentary third molars; in some skulls the third molar is entirely lacking. This has been re- ceived bv manv writers as evidence that the third molar teeth