What is the definition or description of: deciduous tooth?

Two sets of teeth: We normally have two sets of teeth, primary, milk or deciduous teeth and permanent or secondary teeth. Normally there are 20 primary and 32 secondary teeth.

Primary, baby tooth: A deciduous tooth can also be referred to as a primary tooth or baby tooth. There are twenty of these in childhood, all of which fall out and are replaced by permanent teeth.

Baby tooth: Deciduous teeth have many names. They can be known as baby teeth, reborner teeth, temporary teeth, fall teeth, milk teeth and primary teeth. All these different names, one commonality, it is the first set of teeth.

A tooth to be shed: Deciduous means "falling off at maturity'. Deciduous trees are those that lose their leaves in the fall, before they become dormant for the winter. Deciduous teeth are also called baby teeth. They are the teeth that are lost prior to the eruption of the permanent teeth.

"BABY / MILK TOOTH": The deciduous teeth are the first to form in mammals of all kinds. They erupt into function to help promote and guide the growth of the maxilla and mandible. Humans are programmed to produce 20 deciduous teeth that erupt between birth and age 3. These teeth are shed as the 32 succedaneous (adult) teeth erupt--usually starting around age 5.

Deciduous teeth: Your 1st set of teeth. 20 in all. Also called baby, primary, or milk teeth. Smaller and more delicate than permanent teeth. Erupt between birth and about 3 and a half, fall out between 6 and 14. Provide guide for erupting permanent teeth. See Dentist or Pediatric Dental Specialist as soon as first baby tooth erupts. See Orthodontist as soon as first permanent tooth erupts.