Children’s Dental Health: Protecting Milk Teeth for Healthy Permanent Dentition
✍️ By Dr. Sohini Sengupta (BDS, MDS - Gold Medalist)
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The Crucial Role of Deciduous ("Milk") Teeth
Parents frequently ask: "If baby teeth fall out anyway, why treat cavities in them?" Primary teeth are indispensable: they guide the eruptive path of permanent adult teeth, facilitate phonetics, and ensure proper mastication.