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because even more space, than what they can occupy is
kept for them by the temporary grinders.* This however,
is not universally the case ; for I have seen where the
bicuspidati were obliged to grow out of the circle, very
probably from their being later in growing than common.
That it is from want of room in the jaw, and not from
any effect that the first set produce upon them is evident;
first, because in all these cases of irregularity we find that
there is really not room in the Jaw, to allow of placing all
the Teeth properly in the circle ; so that some are necessarily
on the outside of the circle, others within it, while others
are turned with their edges obliquely as it were, warped
and secondly, because the bicuspides are not out of the
circle, although they are as much influenced by the first set
as any of the others.
As they are not influenced by the first set, it cannot be of
any service to draw the first possessor ; for that gives way
in the same proportion as the other advances. As the
succeeding Tooth however is broader, it often interferes
with a shedding Tooth next to it, the fang of which not
being influenced by the growth of its own succeeding Tooth,
it does not decay in proportion as the other advances, and
therefore the drawing of the adjoining shedding Tooth is
often of service, f
In cases of considerable irregularity for want of room, a
principal object is to remove those which are most out of
their place, and thereby procure room for the others which
are to be brought into the circle.
To extract an irregular Tooth would answer but little
purpose, if no alteration could be made in the situation of
the rest; but we find that the very principle upon which
Teeth are made to grow irregularly, is capable, if properly
* Vide Natural History, page? 121, 127.
f Ibid, 1-13, 144.
216 HUNTER ON THE TEETH.
because even more space, than what they can occupy is
kept for them by the temporary grinders.* This however,
is not universally the case ; for I have seen where the
bicuspidati were obliged to grow out of the circle, very
probably from their being later in growing than common.
That it is from want of room in the jaw, and not from
any effect that the first set produce upon them is evident;
first, because in all these cases of irregularity we find that
there is really not room in the Jaw, to allow of placing all
the Teeth properly in the circle ; so that some are necessarily
on the outside of the circle, others within it, while others
are turned with their edges obliquely as it were, warped
and secondly, because the bicuspides are not out of the
circle, although they are as much influenced by the first set
as any of the others.
As they are not influenced by the first set, it cannot be of
any service to draw the first possessor ; for that gives way
in the same proportion as the other advances. As the
succeeding Tooth however is broader, it often interferes
with a shedding Tooth next to it, the fang of which not
being influenced by the growth of its own succeeding Tooth,
it does not decay in proportion as the other advances, and
therefore the drawing of the adjoining shedding Tooth is
often of service, f
In cases of considerable irregularity for want of room, a
principal object is to remove those which are most out of
their place, and thereby procure room for the others which
are to be brought into the circle.
To extract an irregular Tooth would answer but little
purpose, if no alteration could be made in the situation of
the rest; but we find that the very principle upon which
Teeth are made to grow irregularly, is capable, if properly
* Vide Natural History, page? 121, 127.
f Ibid, 1-13, 144.
