Your child's first tooth

first toothThere is no accurate time as to the eruption of the first tooth of your baby. Premature or delayed teeth eruption is a hereditary attribute. In average, the first baby tooth erupts around the age of 6 – 10 months. If your child has no teeth by the age of 18 months, then you must seek your doctor’s advice. The primary teeth eruption should be completed by age 3 maximum.

Symptoms such as fever, fatigue, diarrhea or increased salivation can be attributed to primary teeth eruption. The above symptoms are usually mild and last only for a few days around the time of the eruption of a tooth. If these symptoms persist and are very prominent then the reason may be other not the eruction of a tooth.

At the age of six the four first permanent molars (6 - years molars) erupt along with the lower anterior incisors. The 6 – year molars erupt behind the last primary (baby) molar without replacing any of the primary teeth. (tooth chart on the next page)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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