Teeth accompany us throughout our lives, forming and changing throughout our childhood. We have been to the dentist many times for dental cleaning and denture care, as well as treatment for cavities.
We have all received dental treatment at least once, surely you have a friend or acquaintance who has braces, right?
In the same way, we can spend all our time thinking about dental treatments that someone received from a dentist.
But in any case, do you know what are they? It’s the kind of thing we take for granted…
What are they?
They are hard and firm structures made up of mineralized tissue. Its main function is to support our digestive system.
Above all, grinding food in this way facilitates the digestion process. In addition, these play a very important role in speech and in the way they make sounds to communicate.
In short, they are made of a hard material and are of utmost importance to our lives.
How many does an adult have?
A child between 3 and 4 years of age has a complete set of 20 teeth. Meanwhile, an adult has 32 fully formed teeth distributed throughout the mouth.
Why are a child’s teeth called baby teeth?
The first thing that comes to mind when we think of “Milk teeth” and we think that they are literally made of milk.
However, it is not about that, this term is used to refer to the first set of teeth that appear during childhood and human development. Interestingly, this is also replicated in other mammals, not just humans.
How many does a child have?
These fall out (molt) when the permanent teeth push them into the temporary ones, in the same way, the permanent ones take their place
By the time a child reaches the age of 12 or 13, their denture fully formed.