NINE YEARS. 



103 



Fig. 97. 



Nine Years (Figs. 95, 96, 97).— There is no special change to be 

 •seen from in front or in profile, althongh ordinarily the teeth are more 

 obliqnel}' formed and less fresh-looking than at eight j-ears of age. The 

 notch on the superior corner has generally disappeared ; the tables, how- 

 ever, at this age are characteristic ; the pinchers are rounded and their 

 cnps have assumed a triangular form ; the dental star is narrower and 

 more distinct, and is nearly in the centre of the table ; tlie intermediate 

 teeth commence to become round, and the corner teeth are oval ; the 

 superior pincher teeth are sometimes leveled ; the inferior incisive arch 

 is narrower and depressed in the centre. 



