Pediatric Dentistry · single question

For the same 8-year-old patient, how many permanent and primary teeth would they typically have?

  1. 8 permanent, 16 primary
  2. 14 permanent, 10 primary
  3. 12 permanent, 12 primary
  4. 10 permanent, 14 primary
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Correct answer: C. 12 permanent, 12 primary

By around age 8, a child is typically in the early-to-mid mixed dentition stage, having erupted the 4 permanent first molars and the 8 permanent incisors (12 permanent teeth total), while still retaining the primary canines and primary first/second molars (12 primary teeth remaining) — fitting the 12 permanent / 12 primary split, though exact numbers vary somewhat with individual eruption timing.

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