Definition

1. Noun:
   • Milk tooth: A tooth of the first set of teeth in young children, which are later replaced by permanent teeth.
   • Baby tooth: A primary tooth that appears in infancy and is temporary.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con tôi đang mọc răng sữa. (My child is teething / getting their milk teeth.)
  • Răng sữa thường bắt đầu rụng khi trẻ lên 6 tuổi. (Milk teeth usually start to fall out when a child is 6 years old.)
  • Bác sĩ nha khoa khuyên nên chăm sóc răng sữa cẩn thận. (The dentist recommends taking good care of baby teeth.)

Advanced Usage

• "thay răng sữa": to lose one's milk teeth; the process of shedding baby teeth.
  • Giai đoạn thay răng sữa có thể khiến trẻ khó chịu. (The stage of losing milk teeth can make children uncomfortable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Răng vĩnh viễn (n): Permanent tooth. The adult tooth that replaces a milk tooth.

  • Sau khi răng sữa rụng, răng vĩnh viễn sẽ mọc lên. (After the milk tooth falls out, the permanent tooth will grow in.)

• Răng hàm sữa (n): Primary molar. A milk tooth located at the back of the mouth for chewing.

  • Răng hàm sữa cũng cần được vệ sinh kỹ. (Primary molars also need to be cleaned thoroughly.)

Synonyms

• Răng trẻ em: Children's teeth.
• Răng tạm thời: Temporary teeth.

Related Phrases

• Mọc răng sữa: To teethe; the process of a baby's first teeth emerging through the gums.
  • Trẻ quấy khóc nhiều khi mọc răng sữa. (Children cry a lot when teething.)

Related Idioms

(This specific term is a technical/biological term and is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions in Vietnamese.)

1. Milk-tooth