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ANIMAL DENTISTRY. 



ing from the median line outward, as : centrals, laterals, inter- 

 mediates, and comers. They resemble a scoop or shovel with 

 a tapering handle, are not juxtaposed and are always loose. 

 The fangs are imbedded into shallow alveolar cavaties and 

 the long necks are firmly attached to the gums. They are 

 very white in color. The labial surface is convex and the 

 lingual one concave to fit the dental pad on the premaxilla. 

 They diminish in size from the centrals outward, the cor- 

 ners being quite small. 



Fig. 23. 

 Incisor Denture of the Ox. 



THE PERMANENT MOLARS OF RUMINANTS. 



The superior molars of the large ruminants resemble 

 those of the horse. They are arranged in two arcades of six 

 molars each as in solipeds. The tables present the enamel, 

 internal and external, the crusta petrosa, dentine and the 

 infundibula. In the three posterior molars the enamel is 

 arranged in the shape of the letter "B," as in the horse, 



