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baby tooth

NOUN
deciduous tooth
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
permanent tooth


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Soon, I was throwing away fifth-grade report cards, old concert tickets and an unidentified baby tooth in a Ziploc bag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

Nine years ago, he joined a few colleagues in speculating that the baby tooth helped to stabilize the permanent tooth against sideways breakage as it erupted.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 29, 2024

The utensil drawer in “Blueberries for Sal” holds Pete Cowdin’s mother’s egg whisk alongside a jar containing a baby tooth that belonged to Cowdin and Pettid’s oldest daughter, Sally.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024

After the first baby tooth emerges or your child reaches age 1, it’s time to see the dentist, who can add a coat of fluoride varnish to strengthen tooth enamel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023

They used that gimmick on me when I lost my first baby tooth.

From The Big Fix by Bernklau


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