Tooth Eruption Charts
Track the development of your patient’s teeth with tooth eruption charts. Read this guide to find out more.
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What is a Tooth Eruption Chart?
A is a visual representation of the tooth development process. Dentists and orthodontists can use this resource for multiple purposes. However, its primary goal is to provide an average timeline from the first eruption of a child’s tooth until the final permanent tooth eruption.
You can expect the following with our version of a tooth eruption chart:
- A diagram of a human’s teeth - baby teeth and permanent teeth - with each tooth labeled accordingly
- Expected number of months baby teeth erupt and shed
- Expected number of months permanent teeth erupt
- A dedicated space at the bottom for any notes, findings, or observations you may have
It’s important to note that your patient’s teeth may not follow the timeline provided. If that’s the case, you should monitor it and anticipate any issues so you may address them immediately.
Think you need a copy of our tooth eruption chart template? Or need to change and update yours? Proceed to the next section for more information on accessing and downloading our template.
Printable Tooth Eruption Chart
Download this Tooth Eruption Chart to to track tooth development.
How does it work?
Access and Download the Template
Access and download our printable tooth eruption chart template by doing either of the following:
- Clicking the “Download template” or “Use Template” button above.
- Searching “Tooth Eruption Chart” in Carepatron’s template library on our website or app.
Use the Resource
Once you have a copy of the template, you can use the resource however necessary. Refer to the “When would you use this template?” section below for ideas.
Take Down Notes
Writing down progress notes of your patient’s teeth for future dental visits is best.
Securely Store
Don’t forget to store your completed tooth eruption chart in a secure physical location or right on Carepatron to be easily accessed when needed.
Tooth Eruption Charts Example (sample)
We created a tooth eruption charts sample, downloadable in PDF form, for dentists and orthodontists to use as a reference or an educational resource.
To download an offline copy of our example, view the example below or click the “Download Example PDF” button above.
Download this Tooth Eruption Chart Example:
When would you use this Form?
Orthodontists and dentists can use the tooth eruption chart template to:
- Track the tooth eruption and growth in their patients and recommend the appropriate tooth care for every growth;
- Anticipate any probable issues that may need immediate solutions, such as the early/late loss of baby teeth, advanced/delayed eruption of permanent teeth, a mouth/jaw injury, impactions, or having misplaced permanent teeth that may happen and prepare for it; and
- Use as a guide when considering braces, tooth surgery, tooth extraction, dental braces, or dental implants.
Benefits
Establish Baselines for Comparison
Dentists and orthodontists can use the tooth eruption chart template as a baseline for comparison since it contains a timeline or the expected number of months until a particular tooth erupts or sheds.
Early Detection
Should the patient’s teeth grow ahead or fall behind the expected schedule to the point that it may affect the surrounding teeth, with this chart, dentists and orthodontists can immediately detect and plan for any issues.
Personalized Treatment Plans
Once the dentist or orthodontist sees or anticipates the issues, they can formulate a personalized treatment plan that they can also write down on the tooth eruption chart.
Improves Monitoring Process
The free tooth eruption chart isn’t a single-use document. So, dentists and orthodontists can use multiple copies to monitor the eruption or growth of teeth and check if the solution is working and how to adapt if the treatment had to be done as other permanent teeth erupted and grew.
Commonly asked questions
Dentists and orthodontists are most likely to use and benefit from a copy of our tooth eruption chart template.
They can be used wherever the patient shows up for an appointment to monitor any changes, eruptions, or growth.
They can be used as a guide, a document to take down notes, or even a visual education resource for the patient and their parents.
