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Milk teeth in children

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Baby teeth help your child to chew food, speak, and various other functions. If damaged, the function of milk teeth will not be optimal. By doing child care in the milk teeth of early tooth decay can be reduced.
Generally, the growth of the milk teeth appear when babies aged 6 to 24 months. The number of baby teeth by as much as 20 pieces, namely the 8 incisors, 4 canines, and molars of 8 pieces. The number of teeth between the upper jaw to lower jaw is the same. Generally, the lower incisors, which first appeared on the children.
When the growth of teeth, usually the child feel uncomfortable and a bit fussy. Give your baby toys that are safe to bite. Or use a cold towel to clean the bite.
Baby teeth are smaller and have a more tenuous than the distance adult teeth (permanent teeth), so that permanent teeth can occupy the jaws with 'fitting'. In addition to chew food, milk teeth also serve to help the child to talk and prepare a place for permanent teeth.