Increased maternal stress during pregnancy may accelerate infants’ biological aging, leading to earlier tooth eruption and more teeth by the time a child turns 6 months old, according to a news ...

Baby teeth are the first set of teeth that come in, or erupt, after birth. They’re temporary, meaning they’ll eventually fall out and be replaced by permanent teeth. Baby teeth are also known as ...

When your child is born, they have a full set of 20 primary teeth that grows in by the age of three. After that, your child’s permanent teeth push out the baby teeth throughout childhood until they're ...

A new birth cohort study reveals that a mother’s stress-related hormones in late pregnancy, especially cortisol, may quietly influence when her baby’s first teeth appear, uncovering a surprising link ...