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    The transitional dentition of cercopithecus aethiops with special reference to the mandibular anterior teeth.
    (1980) Gavronsky, Gerald
    This dissertation studies the development of the anterior successional teeth prior to eruption, their eruption paths and position of emergence of these teeth in Cercopithecus aethiops, the vervet monkey. The eruption of the permanent dentition is divided into four stages, equivalent to four chapters, with a fifth chapter devoted to an analysis of the pattern or sequence of eruption. This pattern is compared to those of other workers and possible reasons for tooth sequence polymorphism are discussed. Twenty three skulls, fourteen female and nine male are examined and a representative sample chosen from each phase of dental development for dissection. Photographs of each stage are presented, accompanied by a descriptive text but no measurements are recorded. This is a visual and descriptive presentation which 'opens the window' to those aspects of the Cercopithecoid dentition which are not as readily observable by other methods such as clinical examination or radiography.