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- Baby teeth are also called deciduous teeth because they fall out.
- Losing Teeth
- Baby teeth will typically begin to fall out when their roots dissolve, around the age of 5. This makes room for the larger, permanent adult teeth that grow in their place.
- Anatomy
- Adult teeth and baby teeth have the same internal anatomy, but adult teeth are larger.
- Function
- Adult and baby teeth have the same functions. There are incisors, canines and molars, which have the same functions whether they are adult or baby teeth.
- Roots
- Adult teeth have longer roots than baby teeth and are embedded in the jawbone.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 14y agoBaby teeth are pushed out of the gum as adult teeth take their place
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Why do you call one baby teeth and the other adult teeth?
Baby teeth fall out between the ages of sis and twelve. Then adult teeth grow in.
WHAT IS the difference between permanent and deciduous dentition?
Deciduous are commonly known as baby teeth. Permanent are adult teeth
Do you have adult teeth when your baby teeth fall out?
yes
Which teeth fallout when your a child?
Your 'Baby' teeth fall out when a child and in their place come 'Adult' teeth. Simple names really, easy to remember...Baby teeth = young child, Adult teeth = older child + adult.
Why do you lose your baby teeth?
Because adult teeth would be too large to fit in a baby's mouth, and baby teeth are too small to work practically in an adult mouth.
Baby teeth are called deciduous teeth. why?
Baby teeth are temporary primary teeth. They will be replaced later by adult teeth.
Is it better for baby teeth to take longer to show?
No because if you do they will not loose there baby teeth in get there adult teeth.it is going to take Long to get the adult teeth
How come when you pull out your baby teeth they grow back but when you pull out your adult teeth they dont grow back?
I believe this is because your adult teeth are there all the time and just move up to replace your baby teeth. It is not that adult teeth suddenly start growing when your baby teeth fall out. If an adult tooth is lost, there is nothing there to replace it.
What are the two sets of teeth?
adult teeth and milk or baby teeth
How are baby and adult teeth different?
BABY teeth known as milk teeth or technically called deciduous teeth are more whiter, smaller in size, and more spaced out. ADULT teeth also called permanetnt dentition is more yellowish, are larger, stronger and are closer together without spacing. and most importantly once you loose your adult teeth , that's it , they are not replaced. milk teeth are meant for replacement.
What teeth rot best baby teeth or grown up teeth?
adult
How many teeth are in a mouth?
baby teeth there are 20. Adult teeth 32
