. The Dental cosmos. e view of the skullof the greyhound, with a fair occlusionof the teeth in the position which hisbreeders consider the best form for thepurpose intended. Fig. 6 is a side view of the skull ofa bulldog, bred for the peculiar fancy ofirregularity of the jaws and teeth. I cial purposes, the shape, attributes,and irregularities of the jaws and teethwere prenatal in origin. Dr. Case presented two slides in oneof which the lower anterior teeth areshown to be lingually inclined, while inthe other they are labially inclined. Iwish to take the liberty of showing simi-lar condit


. The Dental cosmos. e view of the skullof the greyhound, with a fair occlusionof the teeth in the position which hisbreeders consider the best form for thepurpose intended. Fig. 6 is a side view of the skull ofa bulldog, bred for the peculiar fancy ofirregularity of the jaws and teeth. I cial purposes, the shape, attributes,and irregularities of the jaws and teethwere prenatal in origin. Dr. Case presented two slides in oneof which the lower anterior teeth areshown to be lingually inclined, while inthe other they are labially inclined. Iwish to take the liberty of showing simi-lar conditions. Fig. 7 shows two lower jaws ; the onebelow, b, is of a white person and is 33(5 THE DENTAL COSMOS. almost typical, with the teeth in the posi-tion normal for this character of skull,and the occluding line about correct forthat age. The relations of the body andramus are good, forming about a rightangle. The third molar is somewhathidden behind the anterior border of theramus. The mental foramen is about Fig. African (see a, Fig. 7). antero-posteriorly, is under the firstmolar instead of being on a line betweenthe roots of the premolars. The lowerportion of the mental process is aboutnormal, producing an harmonious facialoutline, but its upper portion or alveolarprocess is carried forward along with theanterior teeth, which have labial inclina- Fig. 9.


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