Crowned teeth have surfaces modified in the lengthwise direction to produce localized contact or to prevent contact at their ends.
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“A centaur-herd,
Wild-horses, crowned with grass,
Swept among the feasting gods
With fir-shoots
Toward the wine-jars.”
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“An Indian’s teeth are strong, and I noticed that he used his often where we should have used a hand. They amounted to a third hand.”
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