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baby tooth

British  

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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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

Eventually, the baby tooth would fall out and the adult would lose the saber support, presumably having learned how to be careful with its saber.

From Science Daily Apr. 29, 2024

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

The paper describes the human settlement based on a modern human baby tooth, as well as stone tools that appear to have been made by Homo sapiens.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2022

It had the ragged roots characteristic of a baby tooth, when it comes out.

From Death Points a Finger by Levinrew, Will

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