A tooth of the first set of teeth.
1If there is not room where the new tooth appears, the next temporary tooth must be taken out.
2The temporary teeth should not be allowed to be removed by decay.
3The temporary teeth are erupted either before or within a few days to a few months after birth.
4Hutchinson speaks of a child who was perfectly edentulous as to temporary teeth, but who had the permanent teeth duly and fully erupted.
5Her temporary teeth were shed in the usual manner and had been replaced by canines and right first molar and incisors on the right side.