On irregular and defective tooth development / by Henry Moon.

  • Moon, Henry.
Date:
[between 1880 and 1889]
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Credit: On irregular and defective tooth development / by Henry Moon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    On Irregular and Defective Tooth Development. By Henry Moon. Mr. President and Gentlemen, The subject that comes before us this evening has received attention from such able in- vestigators that it has become difficult to say anything new about it that is also true. On this account I should have brought under the notice of this Society, through “Casual Communica- tions,” some interesting specimens that I have here, had it not seemed to me that, though a paper might contain no novelties, yet, by inviting discussion, and perhaps by leading to concerted observation among us, it might serve to more clearly establish some truths, and clear up some doubtful points in Odontology. Under the title of “ Irregular and Defective Tooth-formation” I propose to consider two classes of cases, each of practical interest from a surgical or medical point of view. Under the one class I will range and glance at those cases in which excessive or erratic development has resulted in either the formation of supernumerary teeth, or in the abnormal developments known as Odon- tbmes ; and under the second class those vagaries of tooth-formation which result in deficient size, B