1 Sometimes, the larger molars cause more discomfort due to their larger surface area that can't slice through the gum tissue as an erupting incisor is capable of doing.  Most children have a complete set of 20 deciduous teeth (known as baby teeth or milk teeth) by 30 months of age.
Nociceptive, or somatic, pain is the common discomfort we have all experienced as a result of injury -- a paper cut, a broken bone, or appendicitis, among other things. Somatic pain makes sense to us; we can understand the patient's pain.
Nonsynaptic plasticity is a modification of the intrinsic excitability of the neuron. It interacts with synaptic plasticity, but it is considered a separate entity from synaptic plasticity.