Definitions for pretenseprÉªËtÉns, Ëpri tÉns. pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning(noun) the act of giving a false appearance. his conformity was only pretending. pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling(noun) pretending with intention to deceive.
By age 3, your child should have a full set of 20 baby teeth, which shouldn't fall out until his permanent teeth are ready to start coming in, around age 6.
The average child gets his first baby tooth at age six months and then gets three to four new teeth every three to four months. This continues until the second molars erupt at about age two to two and a half years, at which time your child should have all twenty baby teeth. If your child got his first tooth early or finished getting all of his baby teeth early, then he might start losing his baby teeth early too. On the other hand, if he didn't get his first tooth until age twelve or fifteen months, then he might be a little later than average in shedding or losing his first tooth.