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baby tooth

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noun

  1. another term for milk tooth

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Researchers also recovered human remains from the third layer, including a finger bone and a baby tooth from at least one child who was about 11 years old.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

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

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

Ella Mann, from Dovercourt in Essex, first went to the dentist with an issue with a baby tooth in December 2019.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2023

While this is a deciduous tooth, I mean a baby tooth, it is not Thomas's tooth.

From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will

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