Editing Teething (section)

===Sequence of appearance===
[[File:TemporalTeethDeveploment.gif|200px|thumb|right|Stages of tooth emergence, at 0 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years and 5 years.]]
The infant teeth tend to emerge in pairs – first one lower incisor emerges, then the other lower incisor, after which the next set begin to emerge. The general pattern of emergence is:
# Lower central [[incisor]]s (2) at approximately 6 months
# Upper central incisors (2) at approximately 8 months
# Upper lateral incisors (2) at approximately 10 months
# Lower lateral incisors (2) at approximately 10 months
# First [[Molar (tooth)|molar]]s (4) at approximately 14 months
# [[Canine tooth|Canines]] (4) at approximately 18 months
# Second molars (4) at approximately 2–3 years

[[Deciduous teeth|Milk teeth]] tend to emerge sooner in females than in males. The exact pattern and initial starting times of teething appear to be [[hereditary]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Maheswari|first1=N. Uma|last2=Kumar|first2=B. P.|last3=Karunakaran|last4=Kumaran|first4=S. Thanga|date=August 2012|title="Early baby teeth": Folklore and facts|journal=Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences|volume=4|issue=Suppl 2|pages=S329–S333|doi=10.4103/0975-7406.100289|issn=0976-4879|pmc=3467875|pmid=23066283 |doi-access=free }}</ref> When and how teeth appear in an infant has no bearing on the health of the child.