NCIt definition : An expected condition experienced by children during the emergence of deciduous teeth.
Though a full set of 20 primary teeth takes more than two years to emerge, teething
syndrome may be variably noted from the first paired eruption (usually at the sixth
month) until the last. Characteristically, irritability, inflamed gingivae, drooling
and chewing on solid objects may be seen several days prior to the eruption with rapid
resolution. Typically, the lower central incisors appear first followed by the upper
central incisors. Molars and canine teeth are the last to erupt. Anecdotal associations
with fever and diarrhea are misattributed.;