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Some kids in my family start losing their milk teeth. 🦷

While we don’t do the tooth fairy 🧚 stuff, I wondered whether there’s any cool kid-friendly experiments πŸ”¬ to do with their deciduous teeth? Like dissolving them in easily available liquids to teach them the importance of brushing, or maybe some material strength tests to show how cool enamel is?

Hit me with some cool ideas, Iβ€˜ve got a few teeth to experiment with πŸ˜ƒ

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[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 85 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (9 children)

...milk teeth?

To clarify, I'm American, and always heard them called baby teeth πŸ˜…

[–] frenchyy94@feddit.de 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's what we call them in German. MilchzΓ€hne. I'm guessing because they develop while you're still drinking your mother's milk?

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do you have a deutschyy94 companion novelty account? Should snipe that, like nowzers

[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Aka baby teeth or primary teeth or deciduous teeth

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Watch ur mouth, boy

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] SHamblingSHapes@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

Ope, jinx. Just adding that to my comment when you commented. 🍻

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Mmm, xye-li-tol aaaarghh

[–] BennyInc@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is that not what you call them?

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

baby teeth: this will probably differ in what they are called by province / state / country

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In france we call em dent de lait, milk teeth

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

When is milk stuff like de lait?

Edit: de lait vs du lait

[–] seliaste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I feel like I always see milk written as du lait, not de or is this like some subject/description basic thing I'm ignorant of

[–] folkrav@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"Du" is used in the sense of "some" milk, while "de" is more "of" milk. Not sure it's the exact translation but that's how it's mapped in my French speaking ESL brain.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yes, you got it aha. I passively knew that but it was un peu buried

[–] madmaurice@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There's also au, like in café au lait 😁

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

OlΓ© πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈπŸ€ 

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I feel like πŸ₯Ά but yellow would have been a nicer touch given the Thread

[–] Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Same in Spanish, dientes de leche

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Lol, Americans are different. Everyone else in this thread calls them milk teeth, even in different languages haha!

[–] luthis@lemmy.nz 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's like our egg tooth but for humans, it's their first set of teeth. They aren't breaking out of their eggs though, lazy mammals.

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Oh BABY teeth!

[–] Catsrules@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Milk teeth is grossing me out. I am just imagining me pouring milk and teeth are mixed in with the milk.

[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

Like extra crunchy breakfast cereal.

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Are you ok? Are you worried about a silicon condom + silicon lube type situation?

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Its what you use to eat milksteak πŸ™„

[–] Deifyed@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Milk teeth in Norwegian as well, "melketenner"