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Hi! My name is Vincent
I am here to tell you about the tooth.
We use our teeth to bite and chew food-the first stage in digestion. Babies
start getting their first teeth, called milk or deciduous teeth, at about
6 months. By around age 2, children have 20 teeth: four incisors, four
canines and eight premolars. These teeth begin to fall out around age
6, and adult, or permanent teeth replace them. Did you know that Mr. Davis
showed me his wisdom tooth. It looked like a small claw.
Adults usually have 32 teeth: eight incisors, four canines, and eight
bicuspid, eight molars and four wisdom teeth. Wisdom teeth don't appear
until age 25, and in some cases, they never erupt through the gums. I
wonder how many teeth I have. I also wonder how many teeth I have total
when I get to an adult. Also, special thanks to A.D.A.M.

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