Degeneracy: Its Causes, Signs and Results

by Eugene S. Talbot

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Fig. [53] shows an extra right lateral in a temporary set in the upper jaw. Fig. [54] an extra right lateral in the permanent set. Fig. [55] illustrates normally developed supernumerary cuspids which are all grouped together upon the right side, the bicuspid being also duplicated on each side; indeed, all but the molars are duplicate. Fig. [56] shows supernumerary third molars, easily demarcated from the normal molars. The teeth which fail to approximate their normal neighbours assume the cone shape of the primitive tooth.