The Dental record . d a quantity of tartar often surrounds those in thelower jaw. The incisors at this age project almost in a straight linefrom the jaws, and in some mouths a line drawn transversely acrossthe tables of the teeth will cut the centres of all of them, exceptingthose of the corner teeth. The next drawing (Fig. 19) represents the teeth of the thorough-bred horse Lothario, foaled in 1840, as they appeared in 1852. On comparing the tables of the teeth with those of the mare Solace (Fig. 18) at the age of ten years, it will be seen that thereare certain important differences. The cen


The Dental record . d a quantity of tartar often surrounds those in thelower jaw. The incisors at this age project almost in a straight linefrom the jaws, and in some mouths a line drawn transversely acrossthe tables of the teeth will cut the centres of all of them, exceptingthose of the corner teeth. The next drawing (Fig. 19) represents the teeth of the thorough-bred horse Lothario, foaled in 1840, as they appeared in 1852. On comparing the tables of the teeth with those of the mare Solace (Fig. 18) at the age of ten years, it will be seen that thereare certain important differences. The central incisors have quitelost the mark, which is only represented by a dot. The centralenamel in the remaining incisors forms a much smaller figure thanin the ten-year-old teeth. The corner teeth have become more ovalin form, and only a trace of the central enamel can be seen. After twelve or fourteen years of age the evidence which is afforded THE DENTAL ^^.-Incisors of Horse ( Lothario ), at twelve. 215. ic of Horse ( Kremlin ), a^ //^^/^^^


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