The family dentist : including the surgical, medical, and mechanical treatment of the teeth . , com-mencing with the first anterior permanentgrinders, the cutting of which usually pre-cede the shedding of the two central incisorsof the lower jaw. The following table will show, as accur-ately as the subject admits, the order inwhich the permanent teeth appear: Years of age. 4 Anterior Molares from 6 to 7 4 Four Central Incisores, two in each jaw 7 to 7J 4 Lateral Incisores, on each side of the preceding 7 to 8 4 Anterior Bicuspides 8 to 9 4 Posterior Bicuspides 10 to 12 4 Cuspidati ? 11 to 13 4


The family dentist : including the surgical, medical, and mechanical treatment of the teeth . , com-mencing with the first anterior permanentgrinders, the cutting of which usually pre-cede the shedding of the two central incisorsof the lower jaw. The following table will show, as accur-ately as the subject admits, the order inwhich the permanent teeth appear: Years of age. 4 Anterior Molares from 6 to 7 4 Four Central Incisores, two in each jaw 7 to 7J 4 Lateral Incisores, on each side of the preceding 7 to 8 4 Anterior Bicuspides 8 to 9 4 Posterior Bicuspides 10 to 12 4 Cuspidati ? 11 to 13 4 Second Molares 18 to 14 4 Third Molares (or Wisdom Teeth) 18 to 30 32 32 SECOND OR PERMANENT TEETH. These latter teeth, however, do not alwaysappear in the order above indicated, andmoreover occasionally they come forth inthe most singular positions. In the following cut it will be observed,that instead of the wisdom teeth being nearthe second molars at the back of the jaw(indicated by the white line), they have madetheir appearance considerably above, andout of, the natural SECOND OR PERMANENT TEETH. 33 The annexed wood-cut represents a frontview of a complete set of adult permanentteeth.


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