OBJECTIVES: Teething is a natural occurrence of childhood, yet there is no consensus regarding what symptoms are associated with teething and whether medical treatment relieves these symptoms. The objective of this study was to assess what symptoms parents ascribed to their child’s teething and how satisfied they were with the how their paediatrician managed the teething with existing medicines METHODS: We conducted a prospective observational study where a randomly selected 500 French pediatricians were asked to fill out case reports of the first four 3 to 24 month old patients they treated for teething.  Of these, 161 agreed to participate and filled out case reports of medical and treatment data for 597 children at baseline.  A total of 412 parents filled out a satisfaction questionnaire and a 7-day diary assessing teething symptoms and severity RESULTS: The median age was 8 months, 58.5% were male and for 49.8% of them it was the first teething experience. At baseline, the average number of symptoms parents ascribed to teething was 5.1, with the main symptoms including gums tumefaction (80.5%), sialorrhea (70.3%), and unusual agitation/irritability (67.1%). Seven days after a treatment was prescribed, the percent of children displaying these same symptoms dropped to 59.6%, 49.6%, and 31.7%, respectively.  Overall, 85.7% of parents indicated that they give their child medication for teething, 80.7% of the parents were “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the treatments prescribed and 83.2% were willing to use it for a future tooth eruption of their child.  Satisfaction did not differ by treatment CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study show a good parents’ global satisfaction regarding teething symptoms evolution over the time. Regardless of the treatment prescribed or whether they followed the prescribed treatment, the overall teething management by the paediatricians satisfied them