The Dental cosmos . ly illustrated in the position assumed by thesecond bicuspid and first permanent molar. Upon removing the tem-porary molar, the crown of the bicuspid was observed to be situatedexactly in the position represented in the illustration. The first per-manent molar, having moved forward, has crowded the cuspid intothe roof of the mouth. The V-shaped appearance of the incisors isdue to lack of room in the jaw for their normal eruption. Case 16.—Fig. 23. Miss J., age thirteen years; nationality, He-brew, born in America. Height of vault, .59 of an inch. Adenoidgrowth in post-nasal
The Dental cosmos . ly illustrated in the position assumed by thesecond bicuspid and first permanent molar. Upon removing the tem-porary molar, the crown of the bicuspid was observed to be situatedexactly in the position represented in the illustration. The first per-manent molar, having moved forward, has crowded the cuspid intothe roof of the mouth. The V-shaped appearance of the incisors isdue to lack of room in the jaw for their normal eruption. Case 16.—Fig. 23. Miss J., age thirteen years; nationality, He-brew, born in America. Height of vault, .59 of an inch. Adenoidgrowth in post-nasal space. She is unable to breathe through the nose. This is a case of unusual interest ; the arrest of development is very MOUTH-BREATHING, ETC. 94I marked, and the maxilla is unusually small. The lateral incisors havenever erupted, and the cuspids have moved forward and taken theirplaces. The jaw is very narrow across at the bicuspids, and much con-tracted anterior to them. The jaw is of a marked V shape. Fig. Case 77.—Fig. 24. Master L., age thirteen years; nationality,American. Height of vault, .62 of an inch. He has breathed throughthe mouth for the past six years. There is considerable arrest of de-velopment of the bones of the nose. The left nostril has collapsedand the right nostril partially, so that the patient can breathe throughthat side only, and with difficulty. Fig. 24.
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