Never knew this about teeth!

SeaSoul

I just looked up the progression of baby teeth and adult teeth...never really knew (nor thought about) that we get fewer baby teeth than adult teeth, though I did know that the wisdom are adult-only.  That explains why when I count my teeth I have 12 more than Cal is expected to have (I knew his baby teeth would stop @ 2-year molars, for a total of 20).  I think I always assumed we had as many baby teeth as adult teeth (aside from wisdom teeth), and once they fell out they were simply replaced - not that we eventually got even more!

Silly me.  Am I numb?  Is this widely known or did some of you not realize until you looked it up/talked to your pedi/counted your kid's teeth?

ShannonSky

I dunno, I think I knew about it, but I never really thought about it.

oct11bride03

I had no idea. I assumed, like you did, that we had the same number of baby teeth as adult teeth; that the baby ones fell out and were replaced by adult teeth. I just thought baby teeth were smaller and as we grew we needed bigger adult teeth.

Funny, I don't remember having any teething pain as a child. Does that mean the new teeth that aren't replacing baby teeth don't cut through the same way baby teeth do?

 

Cassian

I knew about it, but don't know the exact dentition.

schmoodle

Other than wisdom teeth I didn't know, but I knew I had 28 teeth and realized that Toodle didn't have room for many more teeth besides his 2 year molars so I recently looked it up and learned that he only will get 20.

muppet.fan

If I remember right, after the 2-year molars, there are 6-year molars and 12-year molars.

GuitaristsGirl

oct11bride03:

I had no idea. I assumed, like you did, that we had the same number of baby teeth as adult teeth; that the baby ones fell out and were replaced by adult teeth. I just thought baby teeth were smaller and as we grew we needed bigger adult teeth.

Funny, I don't remember having any teething pain as a child. Does that mean the new teeth that aren't replacing baby teeth don't cut through the same way baby teeth do?

 

This for me, too.

SeaSoul

oct11bride03:

I had no idea. I assumed, like you did, that we had the same number of baby teeth as adult teeth; that the baby ones fell out and were replaced by adult teeth. I just thought baby teeth were smaller and as we grew we needed bigger adult teeth.

This is exactly what I thought.

oct11bride03:

Funny, I don't remember having any teething pain as a child. Does that mean the new teeth that aren't replacing baby teeth don't cut through the same way baby teeth do?

 I don't either...except for wisdom teeth.  Which makes sense (that I would remember), since I got them when I was 19.

superned

muppet.fan:

If I remember right, after the 2-year molars, there are 6-year molars and 12-year molars.

This.  I remember getting my 12-year molars.  I don't remember it being painful, but I remember really being aware that they were coming.

mrsolsenk12

superned:

muppet.fan:

If I remember right, after the 2-year molars, there are 6-year molars and 12-year molars.

This.  I remember getting my 12-year molars.  I don't remember it being painful, but I remember really being aware that they were coming.

This I did know which makes sense that they are added. I don't remember them being painful although my wisdom teeth were. I was 20 when they started to come in and I was almost in tears.

crystalgirl

superned:

muppet.fan:

If I remember right, after the 2-year molars, there are 6-year molars and 12-year molars.

This.  I remember getting my 12-year molars.  I don't remember it being painful, but I remember really being aware that they were coming.

What they said. I remember my gums being very sore.