. Elementary and dental radiography . was resorbed) wereremoved, allowing the permanent cuspid to erupt. Just lingually to each central incisor is a super-Tig. 154. numerary tooth. One (A) could be seen in themouth, but there was no evidence of the central nor lateral incisor roots are as yet fully formed, and the 108 DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY laterals have not yet erupted. Indeed, before the picture was made, itseemed that a peg-shaped lateral was erupting just lingually to the cen-tral. The radiograph shows this tooth to be supernumerary. Dr. T. W. Brophv. of Chicago, reports a case o
. Elementary and dental radiography . was resorbed) wereremoved, allowing the permanent cuspid to erupt. Just lingually to each central incisor is a super-Tig. 154. numerary tooth. One (A) could be seen in themouth, but there was no evidence of the central nor lateral incisor roots are as yet fully formed, and the 108 DENTAL RADIOGRAPHY laterals have not yet erupted. Indeed, before the picture was made, itseemed that a peg-shaped lateral was erupting just lingually to the cen-tral. The radiograph shows this tooth to be supernumerary. Dr. T. W. Brophv. of Chicago, reports a case of insistent suppura-tion due to an impacted supernumerary tooth, which was found by theuse of the radiograph. Dr. Brophv calls attention to the fact that a cor-rect and definite diagnosis could not have been made by any means at ourcommand except the X-rays. The case recovered promptly upon removalof the supernumerary tooth. I regret that I have been unable to obtainradiographs of this case. Tig. 155. An impacted upper fourth
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