Teething is a very important stage in a newborn's first year of development.

The dentition consists of 20 teeth, 10 upper and 10 lower, for each semi-arch there are 5 milk teeth, each five is composed of: central incisor, lateral incisor, canine, first molar and second molar.

Teething begins to appear around the fourth / sixth month of life.

The first dentition therefore consists of 20 milk teeth, all the milk teeth will fall out between the ages of 6 and 14, subsequently replaced by the permanent teeth and completed by the four molars will be a total of 32 teeth.

When does teething start?

Teething begins as early as the first six weeks of gestation.

Teething is a development process that takes place for each child with methods and times that are not always the same, generally the first teeth appear between the fourth and sixth month of life, the central and upper incisors appear first, then within the first year of life the lower lateral incisors emerge. Then the four milk molars will begin to come out, which will certainly cause more discomfort, within two and a half years, the last four molars appear.

The baby's teething will be complete, he will have all twenty teeth, ten for each arch.

At the age of six, the first teeth will begin to fall spontaneously, giving way to the permanent ones

Symptoms of teething

The pains and symptoms related to teething occur in the days before or after the appearance of the first teeth, the tooth will come out within the first week. Also before the teething stage, you may notice that on the gums (which tend to become very red and swell) there will be white dots

Teething often causes discomfort to the newborn, it all starts with the roots that push the tooth upwards.

There are common symptoms of teething which can be the following:

• Sudden irritability and agitation;

• Crying and nocturnal awakenings;

•Diarrhea;

• Poor appetite;

• Abundant salivation caused by the itching of the stretching of the gingival mucous membranes;

• Impulse to bite into anything

• inflammation and swollen gums

teething, pain relief?

Teething causes discomfort to the baby, there are remedies to relieve the newborn from these annoyances, there are special toys for teething, made of soft rubber, containing a coolant, the toy should be put in the fridge a few hours before so that it cools down as well biting the newborn may experience an anesthetic action of the cold.

Some teething parents try to relieve their baby by massaging the gums.

We do not underestimate the discomfort that the baby can feel during the teething phase and if there is a need you can safely use an anti-inflammatory, soothing and refreshing gel to be applied before sleep and after meals.