51.DELAYED DENTITION MEANS AFTER

A.9 MONTHS
B.11 MONTHS
C.13 MONTHS
D.18 MONTHS

ANS: 13 MONTHS

Dentition may be delayed. This deviation is more frequently seen and of more consequence than the first. Bottle-fed babies, as a class, are more tardy in cutting their teeth than those reared at the breast. With such, though healthy in every respect, a delay of one or two months is a common and not at all serious event. On the contrary, whatever the method of feeding, if no teeth have appeared by the end of a year, it may be assumed that the child's general nutrition is faulty, or that rachitis is present. Delay does not necessarily imply difficulty in cutting the teeth, although the two conditions are often associated.