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  2. Tooth loss - Wikipedia

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    Tooth loss is a process in which one or more teeth come loose and fall out. Tooth loss is normal for deciduous teeth (baby teeth), when they are replaced by a person's adult teeth. Otherwise, losing teeth is undesirable and is the result of injury or disease, such as dental avulsion, tooth decay, and gum disease.

  3. Deciduous teeth - Wikipedia

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    Various cultures have customs relating to the loss of deciduous teeth. In English-speaking countries, the tooth fairy is a popular childhood fiction that a fairy rewards children when their baby teeth fall out. Children typically place a tooth under their pillow at night or on a bedside table.

  4. Hypodontia - Wikipedia

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    Typically, all baby teeth will be present by the age of three. As for all adult teeth, they erupt between the ages 6 to 14, with the exception of the third molar, also known as the wisdom teeth which normally erupt between 17 and 25 years of age. If the tooth has yet to erupt by an appropriate age, panoramic x-rays are taken.

  5. Human tooth development - Wikipedia

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    Mandibular teeth erupt in the following order: (1) first molar (2) central incisor, (3) lateral incisor, (4) canine, (5) first premolar, (6) second premolar, (7) second molar, and (8) third molar. Since there are no premolars in the primary dentition, the primary molars are replaced by permanent premolars. [ 48 ]

  6. How to Survive Puppy Teething, According to an Expert Trainer

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    As the baby teeth fall out, new adult teeth will erupt. The teething phase is said to be over once all 42 permanent teeth are in. Typically, the whole teething phase ends once the puppy is around ...

  7. Tooth eruption - Wikipedia

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    After the adult tooth forms in the bone, it will push through under the baby tooth. The adult tooth will dissolve the baby tooth's root, making the baby tooth loose until it falls out. [8] During this stage, permanent third molars (also called "wisdom teeth") are frequently extracted because of decay, pain or

  8. Baby Tooth Survey - Wikipedia

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    A set of 85,000 teeth that had been uncovered in storage in 2001 by Washington University were given to the Radiation and Public Health Project.By tracking 3,000 individuals who had participated in the tooth-collection project, the RPHP published results [10] that showed that the 12 children who later died of cancer before the age of 50 had levels of strontium-90 in their stored baby teeth ...

  9. Dentition - Wikipedia

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    The specialised teeth—incisors, canines, premolars, and molars—are found in the same order in every mammal. [6] In many mammals, the infants have a set of teeth that fall out and are replaced by adult teeth. These are called deciduous teeth, primary teeth, baby teeth or milk teeth.