By the time a baby is born, he or she already has 20 primary (or baby) teeth formed inside the gums. These teeth will start to come in when the baby is about six months old, and by age three most children will have a full set of primary teeth. Baby teeth will later be… Read more »
Quick, name the most common chronic disease of childhood in the United States. I bet you didn’t say dental caries, or as any kid who has heard the ominous whirring sound of a dentist’s drill would call them, “cavities.” Fifty-nine percent of kids between 12 and 19 have at least one cavity, and poor and minority… Read more »
