A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes.

  • John Tomes
Date:
1887
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Credit: A system of dental surgery / by Sir John Tomes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tlic roots of supernumemrv teetli are almost invariaMy sinu'le. The crown imt uiUMnninnnly ])resents a certain amount nf complexity, ami ajiproaches td tiie fnrm of ;i molar tudtli, l>nt 1 iln not rememlier tn have seen a single specimen of a strictly s])eaking sui)ernumei'ary tonth, in which the root was diviileil. The history of supernumerary teeth lias not attracted that degree of attention at the hands of practitioners which the subject deserves. There arc several points the investigatiou Fii;. no. 1) <if which wnuld lie attended with advantage. Thus we find that sui)ernumcrary teeth, for the most part, arc matured and make their ai)[)earance iiefore the jiermanent teeth situated in the same part of the mouth. In the case figured at page l'17, the position of the centi-al incisor is preoccupied. In Fig. .')0, a supernumerary tnotii holds the |ilaco of the lateral incisor, which, with the central, is held liack from taking the normal position. In (') A ]ialatul view nf tlie spcciiiicii.s sIkium in Fi;;s. VI uiiil l-'i. Tlic suiiunuun(,-riirv tuoth is siliiutc'l bt-twucMi tliu (.•auiin; aii<l tlit ccutrul iuci.sor of tlic riyht side.
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