I imagine that they do grow in size, though?
I'm having a hard time picturing a full set of my adult sized teeth fitting inside a newborn's skull with room for everything else.
I'm having a hard time picturing a full set of my adult sized teeth fitting inside a newborn's skull with room for everything else.
It seems I was only half-correct though, since this page I linked refers to "permanent tooth buds", meaning a part of the adult teeth has formed at an early age, but further growth still happens.
[0]: These are medical images and x-rays, but they may be mildly disturbing: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/9541/is-this-im...