Tooth Eruption and Teething
Going along with National Children's Dental Health month, I thought I'd post about an important dental topic for babies: teething.
Teething and tooth eruption generally occur around six months of age and tend to start with the lower front teeth followed by the upper front teeth. By the age of two to two and a half, all children have all twenty of their primary (baby) teeth.
A parent can look for several symptoms for when a baby's teeth start to erupt, including drooling more than usual, fussy behavior, crying, trouble sleeping, and loss of appetite.
For teething do's and don't's follow the link to the informational sheet below:
Permanent teeth begin to erupt around the ages of six to seven. Again, the lower front teeth tend to be the first to erupt but the first set of permanent molars also erupt around the same time.
R. Eric Emery, DDS
Smile Station Dental
2901 Dougherty Ferry Rd, Suite 400
St. Louis, MO 63122
(314)821-7100
smilestationdental.com
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