Product Description:Primary teeth or baby teeth or deciduous teeth are called the first baby teeth of a child (sometimes also called milk teeth). The number of baby teeth is 20 (ten at every jaw), much less than the number of the adult teeth. The primary teeth will be replaced at a baby's later age by a set of 32 permanent teeth The eruption of the first primary tooth marks the starting point for your child's oral hygiene. Baby teeth are susceptible to tooth decay as soon as they appear. The main dental problems related with primary teeth are : baby bottle tooth decay, thumb sucking and the early loss of primary teeth before the eruption of permanent teeth.
Tooth numbering charts - How are teeth numbered? - Dentists use special tooth numbering systems for uniquely identifying and referring to a specific tooth. Learn more about the tooth numbering systems for primary / baby teeth... The first baby teeth to erupt are usually the two lower front teeth. The order of primary teeth eruption (teething age) is as shown in the following baby teeth chart :Â
1. central incisors 2. Lateral incisors
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TOOTH MORPHOLOGY OF PRIMARY TEETHThe primary teeth are 20 : ten at every jaw8 incisors,ÂThe deciduous teeth of the primary dentition are smaller than the teeth of the same type in the permanent dentition, but they generally resemble in form. |
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