How many teeth do children get?
Incisor is the name given to the eight front teeth (four on the bottom, and four on the top) that have sharp cutting edges. The average baby has six teeth, four above, two below, at about a year old. After this, there’s usually a lull of several months before the next onslaught. Then six more teeth quickly appear: the two remaining lower incisors and all four first primary (baby) molars. The molars don’t come in next to the incisors teeth but farther back, leaving space for the canine teeth. After the first molars appear, there is a pause of several months before the canines (the pointed dog or eye teeth) erupt in the spaces between the incisors and the molars. The most common time for this to happen is in the second half of the second year. The last four teeth in the baby set are the second primary molars, which come in right behind the first primary molars, usually in the first half of the third year. Remember that these ages are all averages. So don’t worry if your child is ahead or
