My daughter has this issue. we've been to the dentist 2 times and he says it's normal and her baby tooth will fall out in due time and he doesn't need to pull it unless it's painful. He said when it does fall out her tongue will push the other tooth in place but it's been around 4 weeks now. anyone else have this happen?
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It happened to my now 12 yr old she had what looked like 2 rows of teeth but eventually the babies fell out and her adult teeth shifted into place, she did need braces though.
Yes this happened with most of my daughter's teeth.
It's frustrating and I'm not gonna lie, it can get pretty fugly if her teeth are coming in kinda sideways, but for the most part it's not dangerous and won't affect her adult teeth.
There are a few thing to know......
1. Because the adult tooth is not growing in directly above and in the same path as the baby tooth, the root of the baby tooth is not being ground away as much, so the baby tooth won't get as loose. So YOUR DAUGHTER is going to have to do this on her own. WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE.
I would give my daughter a timeline before we would go to the dentist and get it pulled (motivator for mine.... not sure what will motivate your daughter). Typically, once the adult tooth was 1/2 way in I told her that if the baby tooth wasn't out in 30 days we would go to the dentist. Then YOU need to constantly reinforce wiggling all the time. Wiggle and twist. constantly. We only had to go to the dentist and have a baby tooth pulled 2x despite this wiggling. We had every.single.one. come in on the front side of her baby teeth.
2. There is a space between the adult tooth coming in and where the baby tooth is still attached. It may be small, but it's there. It's typically either in front of the baby tooth or behind it. You have to make sure this gets brushed. well. Food can stick up there and if you leave it the side of the adult tooth will decay. ICK. So you're weakening the adult tooth right off and you'll have to either get it filled or crowned, depending on how bad the decay is. So, she HAS to brush that area really really well. And YOU should floss it every single day.
3. The baby tooth can develop a blood vessel, this would be if it stays in a sorta loose but not pulled state for a while - I would say if your adult tooth has been completely in for a whole month and she's not anywhere near close to pulling the tooth, it should have a blood vessel that is supplying blood to the baby tooth, but you won't really know this until the tooth is pulled by your daughter. Basically, the tooth senses that it's dying, but since it's not in the *typical* way, the root will try and repair itself, so it starts sending extra blood flow to the tooth and you get a blood vessel. Not an issue, not painful, no worries. BUT when you finally pull the baby tooth it will bleed quite a bit. Let M. say that again. It will bleed. quite. a . bit. And you will notice what looks like an extra piece of her gum sticking out. That's the blood vessel. It shrinks back in a week or so and there is NOTHING to worry about. You J. need to know it's there so that when that tooth bleeds more than another one you know not to worry.
If I were you..... I would work with your daughter on wiggling and twisting her tooth. See how loose you can get it in the next couple of weeks. I'll bet you can get it loose enough to pull on your own.
Then - take the $150 you would have to pay for elective extraction (that may only be if you have MY crappy insurance) and all go out somewhere really nice for dinner!!!!!!!!
If the adutl tooth is J. starting to come in i'm sure it would be fine. My sister had her adult teeth come all the way in without her baby teeth getting even a little loose, so my mom had to watch her and take her to get baby teeth pulled every time an adult tooth came in, but I guess that's pretty rare.
All but 1 of my son's teeth have come in like this. We are working on #9 at the moment and the adult tooth is right there.
All of his adult teeth have moved where they should be. It takes a little time but they do move.
Our dentist said save our money, there is no need to pull the baby tooth, it will fall out on it's own. And sure enough, they all have.
It's fine and nothing to worry about.
yes, it does happen. My nephew had this a lot...& never required orthodontics. :)
This has been the case for all my boys teeth. They have had "shark teeth", where they had two rows of teeth! Anyway, my ten year old son had to have 8 of 10 teeth pulled by the dentist, and will be getting a retainer this fall to straighten things out. My seven year old has had 3 of 4 teeth pulled by the dentist and seems to be following the exact same path.
Happened with my niece and her dentist said the same thing. Happy to say that her adult teeth did move forward. Turns out, it's pretty common for the adult teeth to push the baby teeth out...to the point where we see the adult tooth before the baby one comes off.
Btw, my niece lost at least 2, maybe 3, teeth this way and it must've taken around 6 weeks for the baby tooth to finally come out.
Hope this helps.
Baby teeth are place holders so if the adult teeth are in, you can pull the baby one if it bothers you so much. It's kind of odd, this kind of happened to us and the dentist J. pulled the baby tooth out.
Yes! I had it when I was a kid. I didn't know the adult tooth was growing in behind the baby tooth for a while. When I saw it I started wiggling the baby tooth to try to get it out. By the time I got the baby tooth out it was too late and the adult tooth was set back. It never pushed forward for years. It finally started getting pushed forward, the dentist said, because my back teeth were growing in sidewides (literally) and pushing all my teeth together and popped my tooth forward... too far forward. Anyway, the dentist said if my back teeth hadn't squished in an unusual fashion he said that tooth would have stayed positioned wrong. I suggest wiggling that baby tooth out asap. If he teeth are crowded I wouldn't expect it to reposition itself. If there's room, I don't know.
K. B
mom to 5 including triplets
This happened to M. when I was young. I couldn't stand wiggling my teeth... to this day, loose teeth skeeve M. out. (I put on a brave face for my kids, though!) I refused to pull out my baby teeth and the big teeth came in all crooked. My dentist said it was because the baby teeth were still there... maybe they've changed their minds on that, or your daughter is different.
Personally, I would have the dentist pull it.
It's normal, really. One of my nieces had this happen with all of her front teeth on the top. My best friend's son had it happen with a couple of his too. It can take a while, especially if the children aren't tooth wigglers.
Do you not trust your dentist?
All baby teeth are pushed out by the teeth coming in beneath them. This is what causes them to loosen in the first place. J. get it wigglin' (apples and carrots are great for this) and it'll be out soon enough...
My daughters two front bottom teeth did that. Our dentist said he would pull them if they didn't come out in about 3-4 months. They both fell out and her tongue did push the new teeth into the proper position way before then. So, no worries!
