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Tooth Eruption Chart
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Primary teeth are also called baby
teeth, milk teeth, or first teeth. Baby teeth are very important as
place holders for permanent teeth. There a couple simple rules that
usually apply to the eruption of baby teeth:
- lower teeth usually erupt before upper teeth
- girls teeth usually erupt before boys teeth of the same age
- teeth usually erupt in pairs
Healthy teeth for your children
We at are very concern about children’s
teeth. We encourage the fact that a child from a very early age must be
taught the proper and procedure and benefits of oral hygiene. Children
who are well aware of oral hygiene tend to have a healthy set of teeth
for a very long-term. We at understand that most of the people are not
aware of the fact regarding the dental growth process of their children.
We provide all the information required for the proper dental growth
chart of children.
Babies are born with primary or baby teeth hidden beneath the gum surface and do not appear on the surface until several months. Normally between the ages of 6 to 10 months, baby’s first teeth begin to break out from the gums. Usually these are the two bottom central incisors, i.e. the two lower front teeth. After that, the four front teeth emerge. Next all the other teeth slowly begin to fill in, usually in pairs, on each side of the upper and lower jaw, until all the 20 teeth is filled in. These 20 teeth are equally divided between lower and upper jaw, i.e. 10 teeth for each jaw), and they come in by the time the child is around 3 years old. Mainly, this growth starts with the central incisor followed by lateral incisor, then canine teeth and lastly first and second molar filled in. The complete set of primary teeth remains until around 6 to 7 years of age. After this, another major change takes place with the arrival of permanent teeth, preceded by the falling of baby teeth.
We believe that normally around the age of 6 first permanent or adult teeth begin to appear. They start with the first molars and lower front teeth. These are very important teeth and also the whole procedure helps to give a proper shape to the lower part of your child’s face. Also, it affects the position of your child’s other permanent teeth. Thus, your child’s baby teeth will start to fall soon. Around the age of 12, the full set of permanent teeth replaces the baby teeth. The growth of teeth usually follows a distinctive pattern where central incisor and lateral incisor are first to fill in followed by first premolar, second premolar, first molar, second molar and lastly the third molar also known as wisdom teeth.
Wisdom teeth or the third molar usually appear between the ages of 17 to 21 years, but in some cases these it can appear some years later than that too. Also, vary often wisdom teeth become impacted and extraction is required.
Babies are born with primary or baby teeth hidden beneath the gum surface and do not appear on the surface until several months. Normally between the ages of 6 to 10 months, baby’s first teeth begin to break out from the gums. Usually these are the two bottom central incisors, i.e. the two lower front teeth. After that, the four front teeth emerge. Next all the other teeth slowly begin to fill in, usually in pairs, on each side of the upper and lower jaw, until all the 20 teeth is filled in. These 20 teeth are equally divided between lower and upper jaw, i.e. 10 teeth for each jaw), and they come in by the time the child is around 3 years old. Mainly, this growth starts with the central incisor followed by lateral incisor, then canine teeth and lastly first and second molar filled in. The complete set of primary teeth remains until around 6 to 7 years of age. After this, another major change takes place with the arrival of permanent teeth, preceded by the falling of baby teeth.
We believe that normally around the age of 6 first permanent or adult teeth begin to appear. They start with the first molars and lower front teeth. These are very important teeth and also the whole procedure helps to give a proper shape to the lower part of your child’s face. Also, it affects the position of your child’s other permanent teeth. Thus, your child’s baby teeth will start to fall soon. Around the age of 12, the full set of permanent teeth replaces the baby teeth. The growth of teeth usually follows a distinctive pattern where central incisor and lateral incisor are first to fill in followed by first premolar, second premolar, first molar, second molar and lastly the third molar also known as wisdom teeth.
Wisdom teeth or the third molar usually appear between the ages of 17 to 21 years, but in some cases these it can appear some years later than that too. Also, vary often wisdom teeth become impacted and extraction is required.
SOME TOOTH ERUPTION FACTS
- A general rule is this that for every 6 months, approx. 4 teeth will erupt.
- Girls normally precede boys in tooth eruption.
- Baby teeth reserve the space for their permanent eruption.
- Baby teeth give the face its normal appearance and helps in speech.
- Primary teeth are similar in size and whiter in color than the adult teeth.
SEQUENCE OF TOOTH ERUPTION OR TOOTH ERUPTION
CHART (EITHER CAN BE USED AS HEADING)
- Deciduous teeth are also called baby teeth, milk teeth, or first teeth. There are 20 primary teeth which includes incisors, canines and molars. Milk teeth are very important as they are the predecessors for the permanent teeth.
- Permanent teeth usually start to erupt about 6-7 years of age. There are 32 permanent teeth which includes incisors, canines, premolars and molars. A special note here is that all the permanent teeth erupt by the age of 13 years except the wisdom molars or third molars which erupt later in life between 17-21years.