Question

difference between milk teeth and permanent teeth?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Milk teeth vs Permanent teeth

Milk teeth ( Deciduous teeth)

Permanent teeth

Start erupting after 6 months of birth and appear between 6 to 24 months

Begin to replace milk teeth in the 6 th year  of age and usually completed by 24 years

Smaller, weaker and temporary

Stronger and permanent

3 types (incisor, canine and molars)

8 incisors + 4 canines + 8 molars

4 types (incisor, canine premolars and molars)

8 incisor+ 4 canine+ 8 premolars + 12 molars

20 in number, 10 each in the upper and lower jaw

32 in number, 16 each in the upper and lower jaw

Answer 2

Primary teeth are Milk teeth, which appear in the mouth at 6-7 months and shed by 11 years. These are 20 in number. Permanent teeth appear at 6-7 years and the last permanent tooth (Wisdom tooth) appears at the age of 17-23 years. Most permanent teeth erupt at the place of milk teeth except few.