Most parents in St. John's assume their child's first teeth will fall out anyway, so a cavity or an early tooth loss does not seem worth worrying about. That assumption costs families more than they expect. Baby teeth importance in St. John's comes down to one simple fact: primary teeth do real work for years before the permanent set arrives. In practice, the problems we see most often are not dramatic. They are early cavities left untreated, teeth lost too soon, and toddlers