A pediatric dentist and an anthropologist explain how baby teeth and adult teeth help humans chomp their food over a long ...

Baby teeth are the first set of teeth you grow. They’re also known as deciduous, temporary, or primary teeth. Teeth begin coming in around 6 to 10 months old. All 20 baby teeth tend to be fully grown ...

Depending on if all of your adult teeth came in, or if you’ve ever had teeth removed or damaged, adults typically have 32 teeth. Babies and children have fewer teeth. Do you know how many teeth you ...

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