CHAPTER XIV. 



Tab. XXVIII. — temporary and permanent teeth. 



Fig. 1. The gums and outer plate of the bone are removed, 

 showing the teeth of the mfant, as they exist at the time of 

 its birth; they are with ut roots, and contained in a capsule 

 witliin the jawa. 



Fig. 2. In this figure, also, the outer alvelolar plate of the 

 jaws has been removed to show the succession of teeth. This 

 is the state at six years of age. The temporary teeth are all 

 shed between the ages of seven and fourteen, and are suppli- 

 ed by the permanent teeth, already nearly perfectly formed, 

 and situated at the roots of the former. 



