Your child will grow 20 milk teeth in total (they’ll get 32 adult teeth later when their mouths have grown big enough).
Both sets are made up of three different types of teeth, each designed to make short work of the different kinds of food we eat.
- Incisors: These tend to come through first and are the flat teeth at the front that are great for biting into food
- Canines: These often come through next and are the pointy ones at the side that help us tear tough foods apart
- Molars: Normally the last baby teeth to come, these are the big ones at the back that crush and grind our food into small pieces
Learn more about the stages of teething
[LINK TO ARTICLE: Teething]