In "Sans Rendez-vous", Jimmy Mohamed reassures Manu, a listener worried to see that his ten-month-old daughter has no teeth yet.
The doctor also takes the opportunity to take stock of the average age of the appearance of the first baby teeth in a baby and gives advice on how to take care of it.
This is a question that can make some parents anxious, especially if they are late: what is the normal age at which a baby has its first teeth? This is precisely the case of Manu, an auditor, who is worried that his ten-month-old daughter still has no teeth, while her brother was already provided with six months. In "Sans Rendez-vous", on Europe 1, Doctor Jimmy Mohamed reassures him, takes stock of the average age of appearance of the first baby teeth, and also takes the opportunity to recall the importance of brushing them.
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"Absolutely no problem"
"The age of appearance of the first teeth varies according to the children. So a ten month old baby who does not have one has absolutely no problem. It happens that some children even come out their first teeth after a year, while others are very early. If we do not explain it, we know on the other hand that this has a hereditary character and we often find in a child who teeth early, or late, several members of the family who have followed the same path.
In general, the first teeth very rarely appear before three months.
In the vast majority of cases, it begins between four and seven months with the lower incisors, then the upper ones, and the molars around one year.
In all, about twenty baby teeth will grow.
As for the definitive ones, they begin to appear from the age of five or six.
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The importance of caring for baby teeth
If they are therefore temporary, this does not prevent the need to take care of baby teeth as soon as they appear.
Not content with having a capital importance in chewing and speaking, they will also guide the growth of permanent teeth.
In addition, an untreated decay on a baby tooth can reach the final one that grows below.
That's why you have to brush them from the start, first with water, then with toothpaste. "