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deciduous teeth
Sign in to saveAlso known as milk teeth, temporary teeth, primary teeth, baby teeth
first set of teeth in diphyodonts
Key facts
- Latin
- dentes decidui
- Mesh
- D014094
- Ta98
- A05.1.03.076
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Research
17,314 papers- Deciduous teeth development in fetuses using postmortem computed tomography image analysis.Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2022
- [Deciduous teeth].Babiski vestnik · 1950
- Carious deciduous teeth: best practice.British dental journal · 2020
- A review of the chronology of eruption of deciduous teeth.Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) · 1974
- [Deciduous teeth].Tribuna Odontologica Do Sindicato Dos Odontologistas Do Estado Da Guanabara · 1971
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- Deciduous teeth names.svg
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- Deciduous teeth
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Article
Deciduous teeth or primary teeth, also informally known as baby teeth, milk teeth, or temporary teeth, are the first set of teeth in the growth and development of humans and other diphyodonts, which include most mammals but not elephants, kangaroos, or manatees, which are polyphyodonts. Deciduous teeth develop during the embryonic stage of development and erupt (break through the gums and become visible in the mouth) during infancy. They are usually lost and replaced by permanent teeth, but in the absence of their permanent replacements, they can remain functional for many years into adulthood.
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