When will my child start to lose their baby teeth, is a question we get asked often at Smile Essential Dental Practice by parents and eager children. Children start to lose their primary set of teeth, also known as baby teeth commonly called milk teeth because of their milky colour.
The age a child starts to lose their first set of teeth varies so don’t be alarmed if your child is early or late and seek advice from your dentist if you’re at all concerned.
Interestingly teeth often tend to fall out in the same order that they appeared. The first teeth generally fall out between the ages of 5 and 7 they are usually the bottom front two teeth followed by the top front teeth (central incisors), then the next two on either side of the bottom jaw, and finally, the two next to the top front teeth (the lateral incisors). Usually once these 8 teeth have been lost there tends to be a little break from the tooth fairy until the age of 10 – 12.
When your child starts this second phase of losing teeth aged around 10 – 12 it can take up to the age of 17 and it’s not unusual for it take up to 21 years old to lose the rest of the milk teeth.
Here are some other points you might like to know:
• New teeth may look bigger, especially those first few. That’s because they are!
• Adult teeth also tend to be less white than milk teeth – this is normal.
• New teeth can have pronounced ridges this is just because they haven’t been used yet for biting and chewing. They will eventually smooth over.
• Milk teeth don’t have roots when they fall out because they have been reabsorbed by the body
• Girls generally lose teeth earlier than boys
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