Tuesday, March 16, 2010

My daughter's two front teeth fell out?

about a month and a half ago. Her replacement teeth are still not showing in her gums. Shouldn't they be growing by now? Has anybody's teeth not grown in after losing their baby teeth? Maybe I'm worrying for nothing, but any input would be helpful. Thanks for any help.

My daughter's two front teeth fell out?
I assume you're talking about upper front teeth.


Sometimes it will take a while for the adult teeth to erupt - they are quite large. I would wait a minimum of 3 months before getting it checked out with an Xray.


Possible causes are:


1. The skin has toughened up quickly and is preventing the teeth from breaking thru. This often happens when baby teeth are lost early due to blow to face (falling over etc). I then wait till the front teeth are visibly stretching the gum, and make a simple incision with a scalpel. Very easy.


2. There is an extra tooth formed between the front teeth. These are called mesiodens and are just a genetic aberration. They would show up on Xrays as a very small tooth, and can be extracted normally.
Reply:It takes time...is she getting enough calcium? milk etc...?taking her to the dentist is no harm either...
Reply:don't worry they will come, I have known kids to go over a year before the new tooth came in!!
Reply:If you are truly worried, take her to the dentist and they can take an xray to show the teeth under the gums are there, just not breaking thru the gums yet.



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