The Dental HiWay - TEETH - An Owner's Manual: Eruption

- TEETH - An Owner's Manual

Eruption is the term used to describe the appearance of teeth in the mouth.

The primary teeth (deciduous teeth) erupt as follows:

Blue - Deciduous teeth	White - Permanent teeth

1. The incisors appear first at the age of about seven months. Note that the permanent teeth are already beginning to form	2. The first set of deciduous molars appears, then the canines and then the second set of deciduous molars	3. At the age of about two years all the baby teeth are present, giving a total of twenty teeth.

4. Photograph at age three with all the deciduous teeth present.

5. Panoramic radiograph at age six.

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