Baby Teeth Order Chart

Many parents delay solids until this first tooth appears or until 9 months of age if no tooth yet.

Baby teeth order chart.

Even before your baby was born tooth buds were developing under their gums. These are typically the first teeth a baby will get. These first teeth are meant to help baby bite into and shear food into small pieces. Despite being called baby teeth these tiny chompers stay put well past the baby years the last of your child s primary teeth won t be replaced by permanent teeth until around age 12.

The middle teeth are usually the first to go at 6 to 7 years followed by the ones on either side at 7 to 8 years. If your child s baby teeth came in later than his peers he may lose them later too. By age two and a half most children have a full set of 20 primary teeth. The lower central incisors come in around 6 10 months while the upper central incisors come in around 8 12 months.

This chart gives you an idea of when pearly whites typically start to appear and when baby teeth begin falling out to make way for permanent ones. Here s when to be on the lookout for your baby s primary teeth and in what order they ll roughly make their shining debut. Your child s teeth can fall out in any order but baby teeth are often lost in the same order they arrived.