{"id":39,"date":"2021-09-21T14:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2021-09-21T14:23:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T14:23:07","slug":"when-do-milk-teeth-start-to-erupt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faq\/when-do-milk-teeth-start-to-erupt\/","title":{"rendered":"When do milk teeth start to erupt?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The teeth develop while the baby is still in the womb; however, the teeth do not actually erupt until much later. Most children start to develop milk teeth at the age of 6 months, but some babies get teeth much earlier and some do not get any teeth until much later. The incisors usually start to erupt first, followed by the canines, then the first and second molars. Most children will have all their milk teeth by the age of 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/index.html\">Milk Teeth FAQ<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/how-many-milk-teeth-do-children-have.html\">How many milk teeth do children have?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/when-do-milk-teeth-start-to-erupt.html\">When do milk teeth start to erupt?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/what-are-the-functions-of-milk-teeth.html\">What are the functions of milk teeth?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/when-should-i-start-brushing-my-baby-s-teeth.html\">When should I start brushing my baby&#8217;s teeth?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/which-oral-hygiene-products-should-i-use.html\">Which oral hygiene products should I use?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/how-can-i-help-my-baby-through-teething.html\">How can I help my baby through teething?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/when-should-i-take-my-baby-to-the-dentist.html\">When should I take my baby to the dentist?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/how-often-should-my-child-go-for-check-ups.html\">How often should my child go for check-ups?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/which-foods-are-bad-for-milk-teeth.html\">Which foods are bad for milk teeth?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/which-foods-should-i-give-my-child-instead.html\">Which foods should I give my child instead?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/when-do-the-milk-teeth-start-to-fall-out.html\">When do the milk teeth start to fall out?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.www.milkteeth.org.uk\/faqs\/when-will-my-child-have-all-their-adult-teeth.html\">When will my child have all their adult teeth?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The teeth develop while the baby is still in the womb; however, the teeth do not actually erupt until much later. Most children start to develop milk teeth at the age of 6 months, but some babies get teeth much earlier and some do not get any teeth until much later. The incisors usually start [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.milkteeth.org.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}