DD has a dodgy tooth, think it is impacted. Advice please!

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The DC's have gone twelve months without a dental check up as their dentist kept cancelling/saying only for emergencies etc. Well today 12yo DD has shown me that she has a tooth erupting really high in her gum. I hadn't been able to see it front on until now, and she has said there was a lump there for a while but didn't tell me . It seems to be because she has one baby tooth still holding out that sits lower in her gum, it isn't wobbly at all but it's leaving no room for the other tooth to come through. It's coming in higher than it should be and almost sideways iyswim?
I'm in a bit of a panic and feel like a shit mum for not noticing. After googling it looks like it's an impacted tooth. Obviously I am going to call the dentist tomorrow and beg them to see her, but is it fixable? Will she have a dodgy tooth right at the front of her mouth forever?
So upset. We also don't drive so will need to get a taxi and go into the town (in the south Africa variant area) to get there, and I'm shielding as I'm disabled. Crap crap crap!

No, chances are, they'll pull the baby tooth and let the adult one erupt and then use braces to correct its positioning. I have teeth that erupted sideways under my tongue due to crowding, wish I'd had the braces now but I refused them. They look OK from the front but the awkward angles mean that they're a nightmare to clean and I have lots of fillings. The point of this ramble is: get the braces when they offer.

My granddaughter is exactly the same, she's 12 as well. Her teeth are all over the place with baby teeth still hanging in there. She should have had an appointment about 9 months ago to sort out an orthodontist for braces. I was a dental nurse many years ago and I have seen many a child with teeth in peculiar places. I wouldn't t worry too much, most come down quite easily once the baby tooth is out. If not, they can work wonders with braces.

Yes it seems like it's definitely this baby tooth causing the issue. Is there any chance the tooth coming through will just push it out or will if have to get pulled by the dentist? Will they have to put her to sleep?

My son has similar, it’s a front top tooth unfortunately, plus the one next to that. He’s 11. Dentist kept saying ‘wait six months’, ‘wait six months’. Then covid. Then dentist said they couldn’t make any referrals due to covid, but she could extract the baby teeth herself if we got a prescription for sedative from doctors (that might be because my son is super nervous). I’ve not sorted it yet as covid got bad again.

One thing dentist said is he needs to brush it really hard. Because he doesn’t brush it properly because it hurts it’s inflamed which then helps to wedge in the baby teeth.

I’m sure it will be fixed with braces, but it’s a shame as he wouldn’t have needed braces otherwise, teeth on other side of his mouth are straight.

I wouldn’t panic. Call the dentist, explain, and make an appointment for a few weeks time. It might come out on its own in the meantime.

You could always take a photo and email it to your DD's dentist first OP. Take it from there.

If it has to be taken out by the dentist she won’t need put to sleep, baby teeth have such tiny roots. My ds had to have a couple of baby teeth taken out for this reason, I was dreading it but he didn’t even squeak!

I had this around the same age. My parents took me to the dentist and then the orthodontist. The dentist removed the baby tooth and uncovered the new impacted tooth.

The orthodontist gave me braces and placed a brace on the impacted tooth with an elastic. Within a few months the tooth moved to the correct place.

It might get pushed out on its own but I think if it was going to, it would have already happened. They won't put her to sleep I shouldn't think, not unless she is very phobic. Baby teeth don't tend to have very long roots and usually come easily. It'll be out before she realises they're pulling.

She has never had so much as a filling so I'm anticipating her having a real wobble at the idea of getting her tooth pulled, however it feels really solid so definitely don't think it will come out on it's own any time soon and the other tooth is now already poking out of the gum, not a huge amount but enough that I noticed.
Thanks all, feel a bit better about it now.

Generally what happens is the roots are absorbed by the surrounding gums and the baby tooth falls out as it’s only kept in by the pulp tissues, but if the adult tooth comes in too soon it pushes the baby tooth against the jaw bone and gum so it can’t wobble.
This happened with my ds front tooth it was jammed solid. If I remember we had a go at wobbling it sidesways and it came out but you probably can’t do that with a back tooth.
It might get pushed out on its own but if not I’m sure the dentist will give it a bit of a nudge on its way. But if it’s not infected or causing pain I doubt it will be treated as an emergency. If it’s not bothering her you could leave it a couple of weeks and see whether it comes out on its own

My son has all sorts of weird teeth erupting everywhere and when we saw the dentist a year ago she just put him on the long orthodontics waiting list. If she's not in any pain then leave it alone, the situation will probably be much safer for you, covid wise, in a few months.

My daughter had this 2 months ago and they removed the baby tooth so the adult tooth could grow straight. The dentist said she needed to remove tge tooth as the baby tooth was pushing it to grow sideways. The dentist will need to look a it.