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In tlie second case, the teeth were situated on 

 the right side of the upper jaw of a girl aged 

 sixteen, and consisted of two perfectly formed 

 supernumerary lateral incisores, placed imme- 

 diately behind the normal lateral incisores. The 

 posterior teeth were removed. 



The impression of this case is also before you. 



In the third case, a supernumerary tooth was 

 removed from behind the left lateral incisor in 

 the lower jaw of a girl twelve years of age. 



In the fourth case, a girl, aged seventeen, 

 had a supernumerary tooth placed between the 

 central incisores of the upper jaw. 



In the fifth case, the supernumerary tooth was 

 situated between the lateral and canine, on the 

 left side of the upper jaw, of a girl aged six- 

 teen years. 



A Persistent Temjporary Tooth, 



A man, aged twenty-five, applied for advice for 

 the relief of pain situated in the lower bicuspides 

 on the right side. 



The teeth, to all appearance, were quite sound 

 and healthy ; but, as he imagined they had been 

 the source of annoyance to him for upwards of 

 two years, he wished them removed. 



Upon examination, a very small opening, from 

 which pus escaped, was discovered. 



The opening was situated at a point corre- 

 sponding to the extremity and between the two 



