After three to four months of birth, parents notice that the newborn's mouth begins to sprout white things, and upon closer inspection, it turns out that teeth have started to grow. When newborns start to grow teeth at such a young age, parents feel uneasy and think that it is not good for newborns to grow teeth too early. So, how many months is it normal for newborns to have teeth?
Newborns generally start to grow teeth around six months old, but this is not absolute. Some newborns start to grow teeth earlier, starting to sprout teeth at four months old; Some newborns start teething later, at ten months old. This is related to individual differences in newborns, nutritional intake, and other factors, and the timing of tooth eruption varies in each part of the mouth.
Generally, the first teeth to sprout in newborns are the mandibular incisors, followed by the maxillary incisors, and then slowly grow towards both sides of the teeth. If a newborn is ten months old and has not yet sprouted teeth, parents need to be vigilant and take the newborn to the dental department of the hospital to check for tooth buds in the gums.
Newborns may experience uncomfortable symptoms during teething, including drooling, finger sucking, swollen and uncomfortable gums leading to crying, biting, fever, etc. For these symptoms, parents can solve them one by one, such as using a grinding rod for newborns, feeding them plenty of water to help cool down, and wiping their saliva dry with a clean cotton cloth in a timely manner.
