A baby boy aged two years is admitted to play school and passes through a dental check-up. The dentist observed that the boy had twenty teeth. Which teeth were absent?

A Incisors

B Canines

C Pre-molars

D Molars

The answer is C.

Solution

Deciduous dentition lacks premolars.

The total number of teeth in a human child (milk teeth) = 20. Premolars are absent in the primary dentition.

Concept milk-teeth-no-premolars

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