Deciduous teeth
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Deciduous teeth or primary teeth, also informally known as baby teeth, milk teeth, or temporary teeth, are the first set of teeth in the growth and development of humans and other diphyodonts, which i
Bottom teeth of a seven-year-old, showing primary teeth (left), a lost primary tooth and visible socket (middle), and a fully erupted permanent tooth (right)
Teething
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Teething is the process by which an infant's first teeth appear by emerging through the gums, typically arriving in pairs. The mandibular central incisors are the first primary teeth to erupt, usually
A 9-month-old infant with a right lower central incisor about to emerge
A 9-month-old infant with a visible right lower central incisor
Baby teething on a magazine, 1940
Early twentieth century teething ring and pacifier.