Of course there is! While Permanent Teeth (“Adult Teeth”) get the 1,2,3 numbering system, Primary Teeth (“Baby Teeth”) get A,B,C “numbering”.

Here’s what that looks like:

And here are the descriptions of the teeth:

Notice, that unlike in the adult, there are no baby premolars, it jumps for canines (eye teeth) to molars. When the adult teeth grow in, the premolars show up underneath the primary molars and the adult molars grow in behind the primary molars.

My child has a mess of different sized teeth, is this normal?

This sounds like what we call a “mixed dentition” (some baby teeth, some adult teeth). Adult teeth begin erupting (pushing though the gums) usually starting at 5-6 years old when the “6 year molars” (Adult 1st molars #3,14,19,30) will show up behind their primary 2nd molars (#A,J,K,T above).

Complicated enough for you? Just wait! You will find posts soon on people who have extra teeth and those who have too few!