Tooth C – Upper right baby canine
3rd baby tooth back from the middle, upper right.
- International
- 53
- Palmer
- C
- Type
- Baby canine
- Roots
- 1
- Comes in
- 16–22 months
- Falls out
- 10–12 years
The pointed tooth at the corner of the upper front teeth, on the right.
- In front: D upper right baby lateral incisor
- Behind: B upper right baby first molar
- Same tooth on the other side: H upper left baby canine
- Bites against: R lower right baby canine
upper right canine (#6), which comes in after this tooth falls out at 10–12 years.
This tooth is C in the US and 53 internationally, where the 5 means the upper right quarter and the 3 is its place counting from the front.
American Dental Association 2024; Harris 2005; American Dental Association 2012; Tafti et al. 2023. Full titles are on the About page.