At what age do children start to grow teeth

As children grow up, parents are more concerned about changes in their children's bodies, a typical example of which is teething, after all, children eat every day. However, many parents have no experience in raising children and know nothing about their children's teeth growth. So, you want to know at what age children start to grow teeth? Let’s take a comprehensive look at the situation of children’s teeth growth.

The order in which your baby's teeth grow:

1. Central incisor: 6 months for mandibular; 7.5 months for maxillary

2. Lateral incisors: mandibular 7 months; maxillary 9 months

3. First deciduous molars: mandibular 12 months; maxillary 14 months

4. Canines: 16 months for lower jaw and 18 months for upper jaw

5. Second deciduous molars: mandibular 20 months; maxillary 2 years

Some of the things your baby may do when they are teething include: drooling, rash on the chin or face, mild coughing, chewing, pain, irritability, refusing to eat, diarrhea, mild fever, insomnia, bleeding gums, and pulling on the ears.

Normal babies start to grow teeth at an average age of six months, adding one tooth per month, and have six teeth at about one year old (twelve months). All twenty deciduous teeth will have grown in around the age of two and a half. However, if the baby has not grown deciduous teeth by the age of one, there may be some abnormality in the body.

The above is an introduction to children’s teething. I hope it will be helpful to parents. Generally, children's teeth grow in a certain order, and the conditions of tooth growth are different at different age stages. Understanding this aspect can help us observe the child's condition in a timely manner and avoid long-term effects on the child due to delayed tooth growth or deformed teeth.