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deciduous tooth

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deciduous tooth
n.
Any of the teeth of the primary dentition. Also called baby tooth, milk tooth, primary tooth, temporary tooth.


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He had a residual deciduous tooth - commonly called a baby tooth - that never had a permanent tooth under it, and it had begun affecting the alignment of the rest of his lower teeth.
The deciduous tooth will start to lose its root and become progressively loose, in a process which takes several years to complete for each tooth.
 
 
 
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