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    The permanent set of teeth complete

    Date
    1803
    Creator
    Parks, Engraver
    After
    George Kirtland (British) , Painter
    Object type
    Library reference
    Books/Fox, J_The Natural History of the Human Teeth_1803
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 263mm
    width (print): 203mm
    Subject
    Content object
    human body
       > skull
    human body
       > teeth
    Description
    The main image shows the complete, permanent/ adult set of teeth still situated in a near-complete skull. It also shows the incisors, molars, premolars and canines.

    Row 1 illustrates the temporary teeth of the upper jaw. Row 2 illustrates the permanent teeth of the upper jaw.

    Row 3 illustrates the permanent teeth of the lower jaw and row 4 illustrates the temporary teeth of the lower jaw.

    Plate 7 from The Natural history of the Human Teeth, including a particular elucidation of the changes which take place during the second dentition, and describing the proper mode of treatment to prevent irregularities of the teeth by Joseph Fox (London, Thomas Cox, 1803). Inscribed: ‘Plate 7, Kirtland, del. Published as the Act directs Jany 1st 1803, by Joseph Fox, Lombard St London. Parks, sculp.’
    Object history
    Joseph Fox ran lectures on teeth for students at Guy’s Hospital. These were the first lectures to be given specifically on dentistry in Britain. His publications The Natural History of Teeth and The Natural History of the Diseases of the Teeth (1805) were based upon these lectures.
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