What is the definition or description of: baby teeth?

Baby Teeth: Baby teeth, technically referred to as primary teeth are the first set of 20 teeth (10 on top and 10 on the bottom) that erupt in a child's mouth and are replaced by permanent teeth, normally from the age of about 6 years to 13 years of age.

Baby Teeth Are...: The first teeth which are shed and replaced by permanent teeth. The first primary tooth comes in at about 6 months of age and the 20th and last primary tooth erupts at around 2 1/2 years of age. The primary teeth are replaced beginning usually at about age 6. Also called baby teeth, milk teeth, temporary teeth or deciduous teeth.

Primary Teeth: Baby teeth (primary teeth) are the first set of teeth a child develops. They should be considered "space holders" in a childs mouth for the adult ("permanent") teeth. They are vitally important for the child to be able to eat, talk, and jaw development. Help your child care for them well.

First set of teeth: This is child's first set of teeth.

First teeth: There are usually 20 baby teeth. These are the first teeth we humans grow. They are all replaced by permanent teeth. That is why they are also called deciduous teeth, like trees that lose their leaves in the fall and grow new leaves in the spring are called deciduous trees.

Deciduous teeth: These are the twenty teeth that children have that are eventually replaced by permanent teeth later.

First teeth: A child's first set of teeth. They will be total 20 if they all come in. They will be replaced by the adult or permanent teeth AND 8 - 12 additional teeth may appear, if all four wisdom teeth come in. Also called deciduous teeth.

Primary teeth: also called baby teeth, milk teeth, temporary teeth, deciduous teeth or children's teeth. Eventually, the 20 primary teeth are replaced by 32 permanent teeth. Hope it helps.

!st set of teeth. 20 in all. Begin erupting at about 6 months and finish at about 3 years. Begin falling out about age 7 and should be all gone by about 11-12. As there are 32 permanent teeth many erupt behind the baby teeth. Different size/shape/ composition than permanent teeth. Standard of care: ALL children should see Dentist or preferably Pedodontist by age 1, Orthodontist by age 7.