SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



to the form of and wear upon the tables, 

 in other words, to the shape of the mark 

 or infundibulum, to the ring of enamel 

 surrounding this mark, and to the outer 

 enamel ring, or the boundary of 

 the tooth. 



The term '' anterior " is applied to 

 that portion of the table lying between 

 the free edge of the tooth and the front 

 edge of the " inner " enamel ring ; 

 '' posterior," to the space lying behind 

 it. 



Another important matter is that of 

 being able to readily distinguish " tem- 

 porary '* from permanent incisors. The 

 former are smaller, narrower where thev 

 enter the gum, and are without any well 

 defined groove running up the face of the 

 tooth, so pronounced in the permanent 

 broad incisors. The replacement of the 

 temporary by the permanent teeth begins 

 at the " centrals," followed by the 

 middles and corners. In most in- 



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