DTD1 - 7 with obviously overcrowded teeth - will tehy do anything and when? CoV around?

[SlightlyMadScotland]

She has a check up in a couple of weeks anyway - so will talk to dentist about it - I am just trying to get ahead of the game.

Her teeth have all come through as a 2nd row where the new one has come through before the old ones fall out. I understand that this is not a major problem.

Her top front 2 teeth are quite splayed - with a gap in the middle. Bottom ones are fine. Some of the teeth at teh sides are sitting sideways and slightly behind the main row of teeth as the gap that has been left for them to grow into is not wide enough so they seem to have gone sideways to try and fit in....but not actually succeeded. TBH her mouth is a bit of a mess. DTD2 doesn't seem to have the same problem - or at least not to the same extent.

Any experience of overcrowding? I am gearing myself up for an extraction to make space...when and "how" (particularly in terms of anasthesia) is this done? Will tehy try braces first to try and close the splayed front teeth?

Bumping for you as I am interestedto know

Bump for the evening squad.

Don't know anything about it, but a friend's 15yo has just had his baby teeth removed and talking about this last Fri someone we were with said hers had done this - and she had them removed at 36 - was slightly .

If dd2's experience is anything to go by, the orthodontist first saw her when she was 9.5, although she had been referred earlier than that. I don't think they reckoned there was any point seeing her until more of her adult teeth were coming in. I suppose these things must vary depending on the individual. I am certaibnly no dentist.

I'm not a dentist but I think as adult teeth erupt before jaw is adult size it might be a case of wait and see. Things can move around a lot.

DS1 had a couple of baby teeth extracted age 14 as they were preventing eruption of adult teeth. All done under local anaesthetic. He has beautiful teeth now.

DS1 had a baby tooth extracted last year when he was 8, to make some room as his teeth were getting very crooked. His teeth are looking a lot straighter now but he may need a brace. He thinks this is great and can't wait.

Be very careful about 'overcrowding'. When I was 13 my dentist took out 4 teeth because of 'overcrowding'. I was given a fixed brace, whihc pushed back my goofy teeth (thumb sucker). However ovr the years my teeth drifted and got awful gaps. For years this reaaly bothered me.

Finally at the age of 36, I saw an orthodontist. He just glanced at my mouth and told me what I had had done. He was spot on. Basically back then (and maybe now), they used to take teeth out and put braces in as it was cheaper. To fix my problem...if I wanted my teeth and jaw to be as nature intnded, he would have to break my jaw and bring it forward (because at 13 you are still growing and the jaw would have accommodated this grpowth). My bottom jaw had retracted due to the teeth being taken out (and it had). I would have had to hav a brace top and bottom aswell.

I opted for top brace only as the gaps were the main gripe with me (my other option) and I really didn;t want my jaw broken and to have two braces and doubl the cost.

Have lovely straight teeth now but bottom jaw still a little receeded. I have a fixed retainer still in after a year and was told recently to keep it in forever.

HTH

Thanks for that.

I guess it is just wait and see then. I think she only has 3 baby teeth left to lose...

She is finding it uncomfortable though as the ones which have no space are still sitting behind her main row of teeth but are almost fully through. Given that they are uncomfortable for her I would like to see a plan for what they are going to do soomer rather than later.

Your dentist will refer her if and when necessary, no?

By the way, I do love gaps in front teeth.

I suspect so pointy...I just want to know what to expect....so I can challenge the unexepected

My dd had a very crowded mouth but wasn't considered for a brace until all the baby teeth had come out, so they could see exactly what was what.

No harm in asking about it now though, to gauge the potential severity of the problem, and see if you will have to pay for a brace!

DDs adult front teeth have come through a bit wonky, when we asked, we were told no corrections would be considered until about age 13 - she is 9

"Her top front 2 teeth are quite splayed "

They should straighten up when her adult canines come in. My dentist called it the Ugly Duck syndrome.

But her canines (and I think her incisors are trying to come through too) are in...sideways cos there is no space.