How long does it take for a child’s baby teeth to fall out and grow new teeth?

  After a child’s baby teeth fall out, new teeth usually erupt within three months to a year. Since children’s milk teeth include incisors and socket teeth, the time for new teeth to erupt varies from tooth to tooth.  Most children’s incisors fall out first, and new teeth can erupt about three months after they fall out. After the incisors are replaced, the lateral incisors (the teeth on either side of the incisors) will be replaced, and the lateral incisors will erupt in about six months. The alveolar teeth are the slowest growing teeth and usually take more than six months to erupt. In some children, it takes about a year for new teeth to erupt after the alveolar teeth have fallen out.  If your child’s new teeth are not erupting, it is recommended that you take your child to the hospital dentist for dental radiographs to see if there is a normal germ. If the germ is normal, you can wait patiently and take appropriate calcium supplements to help the new teeth erupt. If there is no normal germ, further treatment is needed.