Baby teeth may be small, but they're important. They act as placeholders for adult teeth. Without a healthy set of baby teeth, your child will have trouble chewing, smiling, and speaking clearly.

Baby teeth usually begin to fall out — shed — around 6 years. Most children have almost all of their adult teeth by age 13. Wisdom teeth may appear during a person’s adolescence, young ...

Healthy gums and teeth help your child speak, eat, and smile. Baby teeth hold the space for permanent adult teeth to grow in the right way. If a baby tooth comes out too early the bite can become ...

When children lose their baby teeth, there is an adult set already growing beneath the gums, ready to emerge. But if we lose our permanent teeth, there aren't any more waiting in the wings.

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One set appeared to be baby teeth, also called milk teeth, while the others were adult teeth. That curious observation led paleontologist Jack Tseng of the University of California, Berkeley ...