TEETH. 



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demonstrating the identity of its dental structure with 

 that of the Sloth, has yielded us an unerring indication of 

 the true nature of its food." 



i The teeth of Man and of most of the higher animals 

 are composed of three different 

 substances, Dentine (known as 

 ivory in the tusk of the elephant), 

 .Enamel, and Cementum, or crusta 

 petrosa. These are variously dis- 

 posed, according to the purposes 

 which the tooth is to serve : in 

 Man the whole crown of the 

 tooth is covered with enamel, 

 shown in the darker marginal Fig . ^I Portion of an enchon _ 



part of fig. 340 ; its root or fang dromatous mass, nucleated cells, 



is covered with cementum, <^ 6 * to - 



whilst the substance or body of the tooth is composed of 



dentine. 



In the human subject, two sets of teeth are developed, 

 the milk and permanent : the first are formed from one 



1 Fig. 340. Sections of Human Molar Tooth (magniried 50 diameters) 

 1, Vertical Section. 2, Horizontal Section. 



set of bulbs, which in time shrink, and let the teeth fall 

 out ; the permanent set is then produced from new bulbs, 



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