The mouth is separated into quadrants, and numbers 1 to 8 and a special symbol are used to differentiate the teeth in each quadrant. Numbering then starts from the center of the mouth to the back and the numbers are placed inside an L-shaped symbol which identifies each individual quadrant.
Numbering starts at the tooth farthest back on the right side of the mouth in the upper (maxillary) jaw and proceeds along the upper teeth toward the front, across to the tooth farthest back on the top left side, down to the lower (mandibular) jaw and to the tooth farthest back on the left side [...]
Typically, the middle front tooth on the lower jaw (central incisor) is the first tooth to erupt and is followed by the second central incisor on the lower jaw. The 4 upper incisors appear next, then the first 4 molars and the bottom two lateral incisors. The cuspids (pointed teeth) follow and, lastly, the 4 [...]
Detecting the Primary Teeth
The Primary Teeth are characterized by teeth that possess crowns usually formed in the early stages of a newly born. The “baby” teeth are typically concealed in a child’s jawbones with the eruption taking place during the first two and a half years. After this stage, the [...]
After the primary teeth has erupted the Permanent Teeth comes in. These teeth are gleaned as the secondary set of teeth that will be developed and formed. These set of teeth are called permanent specifically because they do not shed like the primary teeth does. For the record, there are 32 [...]