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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    that they were the representatives of tlie wisdom-teeth. Within two or three years the ernption of the true wisdom teeth in the usual position sliowed tliat the supposition was incorrect. Instances have, liowever, occurred in which an additional Fig. 53. (') molar tootli has appeared undistinguishable as regards form from a normal member of the series, and a similar occurrence has been remai'ked in respect to the bicuspids. The following illustration is taken from a specimen in Fig. 54. {-) which a wisdom-tooth and a sui)crmmierary occupy tlic (') Shows a .siiponuiniorary tootli jilaced externally to the firet and .second pcrnianent molars of the upper jaw. (■-) A palatal view of an upjjer jaw in wliich a supornnmerarv tooth occupies the external portion of the socket of the right wisdom-tooth.
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