Both Olivia and Charlie got theirs in the traditional fashion: two bottom front, then two top front.....but my neice got 2 back molars first, before she got any others.

I know with front teeth, once they are through (ie you can see the first little tip of white enamel) the toothing pain seems to subside......Charlie cut his first 4 in a week, so we had a week from hell prior to them appearing and as soon as I could actually see them all, he was as right as rain again. But I remember that Olivia's molars, when they started to appear (late, around 14 months) she was crotchety for WEEKS!

Best of luck either way.......frozen teething rings & frozen facewashers to suck on, I even sterilzed and old set of metal keys, cos Charlie was desparate to chew on metal!!And Panadol if it gets really bad.........