baby tooth

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Synonyms for baby tooth

one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children)

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Royal youngsters' baby teeth were kept in a highly intricate gilt-metal casket (pictured) commissioned by Victoria in the 1860s, while the queen also had pure white marble casts of her infants' limbs to remind her of their folds and curves.
MEMORY: A casket containing the baby teeth of Victoria's eldest children
Extracting stem cells through bone marrow can be a very painful procedure for patients, but with baby teeth, the bone marrow can be accessed a lot more easily.
The Phase 1 trial enrolled 40 children, each of whom had each injured one of their permanent incisors, and still had baby teeth. Thirty were assigned to hDPSC treatment and 10 to the control treatment, apexification.
Deciduous teeth, more commonly known as milk or baby teeth, are the first set of teeth that develop in children.
Dental pulp, however, is relatively plentiful and relatively easy to access from any healthy teeth: discarded baby teeth, extracted wisdom teeth or, potentially, during root canal procedures.
"Many parents don't recognize the negative effects of unhealthy baby teeth because they know they will be replaced with adult teeth.
Baby teeth begin to form before birth, so pregnant women should make sure to eat a balanced, nutritious diet and get an adequate amount of vitamins and minerals, he says.
He further said that most of the parents who visited him were unaware of the importance of their babies' teeth and the baby teeth were more prone to decay than the second teeth among the kids.
In "A Collection of Bruises, Curses, Baby Teeth," Marionne Contreras overwhelms the audience with a shocking amount of pink.
While little Ellie has let go of some baby teeth, she is adorable as ever as her dad lifted her up for the pictures.
Most baby teeth fall out on their own without much coaxing, but occasionally a stubborn one must be pulled so that the permanent tooth doesn't start growing in an awkward direction and become impacted.
She counts his baby teeth and checks for dental decay.
Louis physicians, who measured levels of the radioactive isotope Strontium 90 in young children's baby teeth. (WILPF played an important part in requesting and gathering samples for the survey.) The results led President John F.