Question

What is the dental formula of a 5 year old child?

Answer 1

Dental formula is basically summary of the mammal’s teeth.

Humans have incisors, canines, premolars and molars.

For a 5 year old, the dental formula will be: 212/212, which by methods defined, represents 2 incisors, 1 canine, 2 molars on both of the sides.

There is no premolar in a 5 year olds teeth because he will only have milk teeth by then.