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Primary and Permanent Teeth
We have two sets of teeth during our transition from infancy to adulthood. The first set act as placeholders for babies to learn how to chew and speak. As their jaws get bigger, they are replaced with a second permanent set. Primary teeth, otherwise known as baby or milk teeth, are our first smaller set. Babies will have 20 primary teeth in total with some spacing between them. Compared to adult teeth, baby teeth are smaller to fit within the smaller jaws of babies. They have

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