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OT: Baby teeth still in when permanent tooth comes
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My dd6 has a permanent tooth coming in on the bottom front of her mouth but her baby teeth in front of it are still there making the permanent tooth come in angled back and not straight. She had her dental exam and he talked like it is common and will work itself out. The baby teeth are not loose. She is not in pain. But I am still worried about it. I am considering taking her to another dentist for a second opinion.
Please share if you’ve had a similar incident and how it turned out. If it is as common as the dentist says, you may have some wisdom to share. Thanks.
We have had this happen. We had to work on the baby tooth to try to get it loose. A couple of times this worked. Once it did not. So we had to have it pulled eventually. It is possible, if nothing is done, for it to fuse to the bone and need surgery to remove later (this happened to one of my sons who did not have a permanent tooth underneath the baby tooth, but the dentist said if we hadn’t pulled the really stubborn one my other son had, something similar could have happened.)
This happened to our 6yo not long ago, the dentist gave him a few weeks to do extra wiggling to loosen the baby tooth more, it eventually came out on its own so the dentist didn’t have to pull it. The permanent tooth that seemed to be growing in too far behind the other teeth did eventually come forward and look normal.
My DD has had this happen with several of her baby teeth (top and bottom). A couple of them weren’t seeming to get loose so we had her deliberately wiggly them anyways. They all eventually came out and the permanent ones have moved into place. When the permanent ones were coming in behind, they weren’t extremely angled, but obviously, enough to come in behind.
My 6yo has this same thing happening to him. It’s encouraging to see that they will most likely be fine!
My son had that happen. After a year they still weren’t out and had to be pulled… but it does seem more common than one would think.
All of my 4 kids have had this. They are just not good tooth losers. We always have adult teeth coming in before baby teeth are lost. Our old dentist was more proactive and would pull the baby teeth (which was super easy, not a big deal) but our new one prefers to wait even though it may take months for the tooth to come out on its own. Either way the adult tooth eventually moves forward and more into position. My oldest does currently have braces, not sure if the others will need them yet, but I am not at all convinced the braces were needed because of the baby tooth thing. If anything, he has had the most pulled because he saw the old dentist more when he was little so I guess pulling the teeth didn’t prevent the need for braces.
Nebby
We’ve had this also. It was 50/50 on wiggling worked or had to be pulled. The problem we’ve had is by the time you relize it or your child finally tells you this is happening things could already have taken place. The main problem we’ve had is that the adult tooth was to far back and not positioned correctly.
My daughter had that happen, and as the others stated, it just takes some time to work them out. The child does need to purposely wiggle them to help them along. If the dentist feels they should come out, he will tell you. My daughter had a few that grew in like that. She was able to get all but one out by herself. She did have to have one pulled by the dentist, but he didn’t do it immediately. He gave her a good bit of time to try it herself. So, just work at it for awhile and see what happens.
My son had this with several of his teeth. The dentist explained to me that when the adult teeth come in they absorb the root of the baby teeth wich is what causes them to come out. A few of the adult teeth in my sons mouth came out at such an angle that they did not absorb the roots of the baby teeth (he could see this with an x-ray) and had to be pulled or they would not have come out on their own. Those teeth looked realy wierd with the full root still there. The adult teeth quickly moved into place after the baby tooth was gone.
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