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Healthy baby teeth act as guides for the child's permanent
teeth which appear later. If the baby teeth decay and are
not repaired, they may be lost too early. This can cause
crooked permanent teeth. Healthy baby teeth help the child
to chew food well, speak properly, and have a pleasant appearance.
Your child's
first tooth will appear, erupt, at about six to eight months.
By three years of age, all 20 baby or primary teeth will
have appeared. The chart below shows the approximate age
that each primary tooth erupts and is lost or shed.
| Upper
Teeth: |
Eruption
Date |
Shedding
Date |
 |
a |
central
incisor
|
8
- 12 months |
6
- 7 years |
| b |
lateral
incisor |
9
- 13 months |
7
- 8 years |
| c |
cuspid |
16
- 22 months |
10
- 12 years |
| d |
first
molar |
13
- 19 months |
9
- 11 years |
| e |
second
molar |
25
- 33 months |
10
- 12 years |
| Lower
Teeth: |
Eruption
Date |
Shedding
Date |
 |
e |
second
molar
|
23
- 31 months |
10
- 12 years |
| d |
first
molar |
14
- 18 months |
9
- 11 years |
| c |
cuspid |
17
- 23 months |
9
- 12 years |
| b |
lateral
incisor |
10
- 16 months |
7
- 8 years |
| a |
central
incisor |
6
-10 months |
6
- 7 years |
| *Information
and charts courtesy Alberta Health and Wellness |
As children
near six years of age, their jaws grow in order to make space
for the permanent teeth. The first permanent teeth to erupt
are usually the six-year molars in the lower jaw, followed
by the lower permanent incisors. The chart below indicates
the dates when the permanent teeth will likely appear.
| Upper
Teeth: |
Eruption
Date |
 |
1 |
central
incisor
|
7-
8 years |
| 2 |
lateral
incisor |
8
- 9 years |
| 3 |
cuspid |
11
- 12 years |
| 4 |
first
bicuspid |
10
- 11 years |
| 5 |
second
bicuspid |
10
- 12 years |
| 6 |
first
molar |
6
- 7 years |
| 7 |
second
molar |
12
- 13 years |
| 8 |
third
molar |
17
- 21 years |
| Lower
Teeth: |
Eruption
Date |
 |
8 |
third
molar
|
17
- 21 years |
| 7 |
second
molar |
11
- 13 years |
| 6 |
first
molar |
6
- 7 years |
| 5 |
second
bicuspid |
11
- 12 years |
| 4 |
first
bicuspid |
10
- 12 years |
| 3 |
cuspid |
9
- 10 years |
| 2 |
lateral
incisor |
7
- 8 years |
| 1 |
central incisor |
6
- 7 years |
| *Information
and charts courtesy Alberta Health and Wellness |
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