In some cases there is fusion of the teeth. Pliny, Bartholinus,
and Melanthon pretend to have seen the union of all the teeth,
making a continuous mass. In the "Musee de l'ecole dentaire de
Paris" there are several milk-teeth, both of the superior and
inferior maxilla, which are fused together. Bloch cites a case in
which there were two rows of teeth in the superior maxilla.
Hellwig has observed three rows of teeth, and the Ephemerides
contain an account of a similar anomaly.
Extraoral Dentition.--Probably the most curious anomaly of teeth
is that in which they are found in other than normal positions.
Albinus speaks of teeth in the nose and orbit; Borellus, in the
palate; Fabricius Hildanus, under the tongue; Schenck, from the
palate; and there are many similar modern records. Heister in
1743 wrote a dissertation on extraoral teeth. The following is a
recent quotation: --
"In the Norsk Magazin fur Laegevidenskaben, January, 1895, it is
reported that Dr. Dave, at a meeting of the Medical Society in
Christiania, showed a tooth removed from the nose of a woman aged
fifty-three. The patient had consulted him for ear-trouble, and
the tooth was found accidentally during the routine examination.
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