. The science and practice of dental surgery. Fig. Side view of same. Dolichocephalic and il-ognathuus. (Halfnatural size.) connection with hereditary aetiological factors.(See pp. 68, and 71 et seq.) However, the real point of the controversy 68 lies outside the realms of blending of races andgenetic variation; the problem is concernedmainly with environment and pliysical develop-ment, and consists in the question whether the. -Small teeth in large well-developed arch. (G. XORTHCROFT.) teeth are ever too large for the jaws as theyexist, and whether the mechanical restorationof an approx
. The science and practice of dental surgery. Fig. Side view of same. Dolichocephalic and il-ognathuus. (Halfnatural size.) connection with hereditary aetiological factors.(See pp. 68, and 71 et seq.) However, the real point of the controversy 68 lies outside the realms of blending of races andgenetic variation; the problem is concernedmainly with environment and pliysical develop-ment, and consists in the question whether the. -Small teeth in large well-developed arch. (G. XORTHCROFT.) teeth are ever too large for the jaws as theyexist, and whether the mechanical restorationof an approximately normal arch in patientsof feeble osseous development \rill be compen-sated for by subsequent bony is undoubtedly very difficult toestimate the probable development ofof a child who, for instance, at the ageof eight exhibits marked insufficiencyin the incisor region, and caution isnecessary with regard to early extrac-tion : but in the opinion of the writerbone formation is and remains in manycases, especially those associated withnasal stenosis, quite insufficient to pro-vide space for teeth that by inheritanceare of a certain fixed size, and restora-tion of a normal arcli with the full com-plement of teeth can only result in anunpleasing appearance. Angle (6) haspublished cases to show how, aftertreatment of a case in which bonygrowth is deficient, by means of thestimulus of function, alveolar develop-ment
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