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A course of lectures on dental physiology and surgery. Delivered at the Middlesex Hospital School of Medicine / [Sir John Tomes].

  • Tomes, John, 1815-1895.
Date:
1848
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A course of lectures on dental physiology and surgery. Delivered at the Middlesex Hospital School of Medicine / [Sir John Tomes]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    i? eight-tenths of an inch. Lateral incisors, upper jaw, are less in lateral diameter than the centrals, frequently to the amount of one-third, the depth of crown and of enamel being slightly less; the me- dian surface is more or less concave, while the surface opposed to the ca- nine is slightly convex. The anterior surface is generally convex, and broader at the cutting edge than at the Lateral Incisor from the Left Side of the Upper Jaw. A. Front view. B. Side view. though sometimes strongly marked. of the former is slightly the longer. Canines, or cuspidati (from cuspis, the point), wpper jaw.—These teeth are placed between the lateral incisors and the first bicuspides, are the largest of the single-fanged teeth, and have a more deeply implanted fang, and a greater antero-posterior diameter than either of the incisors. The crown terminates in an obtuse point, from whence it gradually increases in la- teral dimensions, attaining its greatest Canine from the Left Side of the Upper Jaw. A. Front view. B. Side view.