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My DS has four front teeth - burgh! Dentists/anyone with experience?

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freshmint · 15/02/2011 17:59

DS is 7. He has had two wobbly front teeth (one wobblier than the other) for such a long time that I wondered what was going on. Well, I've found out. His adult teeth are erupting out of the gum in front of his baby teeth. Looks bizarre!

I have an appointment at the dentist for him in a couple of days - does anyone know if she will remove his front baby teeth? Or leave it a while and see what happens?

Poor little thing.

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freshmint · 15/02/2011 17:59

That was meant to be "aurgh!" in the thread title. Darn spellcheck

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TracyK · 15/02/2011 18:00

DS had the same and the dentist said to leave them to their own devices - they will all sort themselves out eventually. They don't start with braces etc till 11 or 12yo.

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freshmint · 15/02/2011 18:01

really? so how long did it take the babies to come out naturally? I can't see how they are going to be pushed out, the way his new ones are coming in...

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MotherJack · 15/02/2011 18:14

This suggests that you should make an appointment to see a dentist so they can make a judgement call.

I was interested in the answer as I used to date a bloke who had adult teeth growing over his baby teeth (or vice versa) like fangs.

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freshmint · 15/02/2011 18:28

he still had the baby teeth? crikey!
going to dentist on thurs.

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MotherJack · 15/02/2011 18:32

Randomly, I also know someone who still has some baby teeth (mid 30's at a guess). No problem though, as the adult teeth made a no-show so she kind of needs them!

From that link, it seems that it is the adult teeth that jar the baby teeth loose and if they are not on the correct path then the baby teeth stay. The fact that they are wiggly means they have had a push perhaps, but glad you have him booked in. Always best safe than kicking yourself later

Catsmamma · 15/02/2011 18:36

we were advised to wiggle and generally make life miserable for the hanging on baby teeth

dd has finally lost her last one ...she's 16 in October, but her adult teeth just seemed to be slow....no double rows

and Ds2 is free of them, at 13, he did the double row of teeth thing though, but he has had a few taken out to make room, seems such a waste to remove good teeth, but he has already had a retainer and a track, with more work to come.

paddyclamp · 15/02/2011 22:07

My DS had his 2 front baby teeth almost sticking out horizontally as his adult ones appeared and kind of pushed them forwards...one of them finally came out at the weekend and the other is very loose..his new tooth looks perfectly ok though so i wouldnt worry

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freshmint · 16/02/2011 09:29

thank you for your messages! one of the babies is quite wiggly so I can see we might be able to coax that one out eventually, but the other is still pretty firm. So it sounds like the dentist might not take them out immediately, but wait and see a bit. Hmm.

MotherJack - I have a baby tooth still! The adult one never appeared. It is doing extremely well considering it was meant to be around for 7 years and not 41...!

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marriednotdead · 16/02/2011 10:02

Your dentist may opt to remove them, depending on whether their presence will affect the placing of the adult ones.

DS had a fall when he was little and consequently, several of his top teeth have not grown through correctly. My dentist told me that the adult teeth sever the roots of the milk teeth as they grow which is why milk teeth are so tiny when they eventually fall out.

The one that the dentist removed of DS's was long like a fang where it wasn't 'cut' by the new one

Cadmum · 16/02/2011 10:13

Ds1 had this but his adult teeth came in behind his baby teeth. The dentist suggested a wait and see approach and they did eventually fall out. Thankfully his adult teeth were pushed forward and into position by his tongue once this happened. This might be different since your ds's baby teeth are behind so the dentist might propose extractions?

The downside it that this pattern continued with all of his baby teeth. I genuinely thought that it was because he was too squeamish to wiggle them and I used to encourage him torment him endlessly to wiggle them.

The last few molars were extracted by a dentist who assured me that the roots were too long for them to have come out on their own. One even required minor surgery to remove a broken piece of the root.

I hope that in your ds's case that it is only his front teeth that have this issue.

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freshmint · 16/02/2011 13:34

oh dear, thanks for the warning cadmum
I think we have a genetic predisposition to bizarre dentition sadly
a couple of my canines erupted right out of my gums I remember
oh so many years of orthodontic treatment....!

ewww to fang, married!

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