Tooth K – Lower left baby second molar
5th baby tooth back from the middle, lower left.
- International
- 75
- Palmer
- E
- Type
- Baby molar
- Roots
- 2
- Comes in
- 23–31 months
- Falls out
- 10–12 years
The last baby tooth at the back of the lower left row.
- In front: L lower left baby first molar
- Behind: nothing. It's the last tooth in the row.
- Same tooth on the other side: T lower right baby second molar
- Bites against: J upper left baby second molar
lower left second premolar (#20), which comes in after this tooth falls out at 10–12 years.
This tooth is K in the US and 75 internationally, where the 7 means the lower left quarter and the 5 is its place counting from the front.
In Palmer it's E, but in the US system E is the upper right baby central incisor.
American Dental Association 2024; Harris 2005; American Dental Association 2012; Ozcan et al. 2016; Tafti et al. 2023. Full titles are on the About page.