The family dentist : including the surgical, medical, and mechanical treatment of the teeth . In this sketch it will be observed that thereare only two front teeth, accompanied by acertain protuberance in either jaw; the bi-cuspides being deficient and the molares, OP MAN AND ANIMALS. 37 which fill the back part of the jaw, beingseparated from them by a considerable in-terval. Again, on comparing the skull and den-ture of the lion with that of man, it will befound that the canine and incisor teeth arestrikingly different, particularly the former;which, being intended in the lion to rend andtea
The family dentist : including the surgical, medical, and mechanical treatment of the teeth . In this sketch it will be observed that thereare only two front teeth, accompanied by acertain protuberance in either jaw; the bi-cuspides being deficient and the molares, OP MAN AND ANIMALS. 37 which fill the back part of the jaw, beingseparated from them by a considerable in-terval. Again, on comparing the skull and den-ture of the lion with that of man, it will befound that the canine and incisor teeth arestrikingly different, particularly the former;which, being intended in the lion to rend andtear the prey, for the previous masticationof which the animal has no mechanicalcontrivances, are developed very In the sheep, on the contrary, as the repre-sentative of another class of animals, it isremarkable that the front teeth in the upperjaw are altogether wanting. 38 COMPARATIVE VIEW, ETC.
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