baby tooth

noun

: a temporary tooth of a young mammal that in human dentition includes four incisors, two canines, and four molars in each jaw : milk tooth, deciduous tooth

If one of my sisters or brothers or I lost a baby tooth, we always put it in an envelope under our pillow.

—Ian Frazier

By the time a dog is about a year old, the baby teeth will have been gradually replaced by 42 permanent teeth …

—Tom Ewing

Examples of baby tooth in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, studies conducted after 1975, including nearly 3,000 children in the U.K. and Australia, estimated the benefit was lower, at 0.24 fewer decayed baby teeth per child. —Erika Edwards, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024

Among kids between the ages of 6 and 8, more than half have had a cavity in their baby teeth. —Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 7 Aug. 2024

One set appeared to be baby teeth, also called milk teeth, while the others were adult teeth. —Katie Cottingham, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024

The term silver tooth kid refers to kids that get silver caps placed on their decaying baby teeth. —Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 7 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

baby tooth

noun

: milk tooth

Medical Definition

baby tooth

noun

: milk tooth