Know Your Teeth Better!
2 October, 2015
- There are 20 primary teeth.
- Primary teeth are important for eating, appearance and speech as well as for guiding permanent teeth, which develop underneath them, into their correct positions.
- Lower incisors are usually the first teeth to erupt at about 6 months. All 20 primary teeth are usually in the mouth between 2 and 2.5 years of age.
- All 20 primary teeth fall out.
- The primary molars, usually the last primary teeth to fall our, normally remain in the mouth up to about age 12 years.
- There are 32 permanent teeth including 4 wisdom teeth
- The first permanent teeth to erupt (from as early as age 5 years) are the 4 first permanent molars behind the last primary teeth. Parets should be particularly vigilant and look out for the arrival of these tooth to ensure that they are brushed.
- Permanent incisors erupt between ages 6 and 9 years.
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