Tooth S – Lower right baby first molar
4th baby tooth back from the middle, lower right.
- International
- 84
- Palmer
- D
- Type
- Baby molar
- Roots
- 2
- Comes in
- 14–18 months
- Falls out
- 9–11 years
The first of the two baby back teeth (baby molars) on the lower right, just behind the canine.
- In front: R lower right baby canine
- Behind: T lower right baby second molar
- Same tooth on the other side: L lower left baby first molar
- Bites against: B upper right baby first molar
lower right first premolar (#28), which comes in after this tooth falls out at 9–11 years.
This tooth is S in the US and 84 internationally, where the 8 means the lower right quarter and the 4 is its place counting from the front.
In Palmer it's D, but in the US system D is the upper right baby lateral 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.