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Table: The conservation of the first permanent molars presents another difficulty when dealing with the majority of parents; these teeth erupt at the approximate age of six years behind the temporary teeth, and because the child has not lost any of the temporary teeth, the parent frequently refuses to believe that these teeth are indeed second teeth; consequently these very important members of the dentition are frequently permitted to decay even to an advanced stage, when the teeth could in fact be saved by early conservative treatment for many years, or at least until the second permanent molar erupts at the age of twelve years."