Guest guest Posted November 22, 2000 Report Share Posted November 22, 2000 Now she has discovered that her DS has grown an extra tooth. Apparently he has a gap between his front top teeth and this extra peg like one is emerging in-between them at the back so to speak. Anyone heard of this before, should she do anything about it? --------- Is this his first or second set of teeth, if it's his first they will probably leave it alone but if it's his second his dentist will remove it. Had this happen to me as a kid, BTDT. Tupman Mum to Matt 13, 10, Jonty 14 months & Phil 35 NCT Houseswap Register Coordinator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2000 Report Share Posted November 25, 2000 wrote:Now she has discovered that her DS has grown an extra tooth. ========== Worked as a dental nurse for several years before arrival of dd1, and saw a few cases - each one treated differently. He needs to visit a dentist now to check it out. As long as it is an extra tooth, and not a mixture of baby and adult teeth, then depending on the health and position of the other teeth, the extra tooth could be taken out, or another tooth could be taken out and the extra one allowed to take its place, or the tooth could be left alone as there may be room for it in the jaw as the child grows. Any thing that looks odd cosmetically can be fixed by braces and/or crown work, but not normally until the child is of senior school age and the jaw won't grow much more. One of those questions that can't be answered without looking, so he can't get out of a trip to the dentist I'm afraid! Sorry can't give a better answer, but whatever the case it can be fixed, :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 27, 2000 Report Share Posted November 27, 2000 Now she has discovered that her DS has grown an extra > tooth. > ========== > Worked as a dental nurse for several years before arrival of dd1, > and saw a few cases - each one treated differently. He needs to visit > a dentist now to check it out. Thanks for the reply - and HELLO I have been away for the weekend My friend should have seen the dentist last week, but I have not heard from her since. Hope you enjoy this list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2000 Report Share Posted November 28, 2000 > and not a mixture of baby and adult teeth What's wrong with that then? I still have 3 baby teeth because the adult teeth never appeared. I had xrays and such, but the teeth just are not there. my dentist said they'll try to keep them as long as possible and they are still fairly healthy. Funnily enough, my aunt (by marriage) had the same problem, and was majorly confused when she got her false teeth as they didn't fit because the dentist had added in the missing teeth and she'd had her baby teeth removed a long time before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2000 Report Share Posted November 28, 2000 >What's wrong with that then? I still have 3 baby teeth because the adult >teeth never appeared. I had xrays and such, but the teeth just are not >there. I have 2 adult teeth that never grew - the two second front teeth. Unfortunately my baby teeth did fall out, leaving me with big gaps in my mouth as the teeth spread out. On the plus side, this means great dental hygiene - I never have to worry about flossing etc as food doesn't get caught in my teeth. On the minus side, it meant I grew up being called " claw hammer " and other pleasant nicknames!!! I spent much of my teenage years wearing a fixed train track brace - upper and lower jaw - to try and close the gaps. This it did, but the teeth went back to their natural position as soon as the brace came off. I have investigated the option of having orthodontic work as an adult, and having two false teeth put in, but the hassle and expense (not to mention the discomfort) has made me disinclined to persue it. That said, I am very conscious of my gappy teeth, and if there was an easy cosmetic solution, I would definately go for it! McVeigh Newsletter Editor & Secretary, Leighton Buzzard & District SAHM to (AKA Tiff Toff) the pantophobic, DOB 19/9/97 & Caitlin (AKA Cake Tin) the suckaholic, DOB 12/1/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2000 Report Share Posted November 28, 2000 wrote: .....not a mixture of baby and adult teeth > What's wrong with that then? =================== Nothing, a misunderstanding - i meant as long as he hasnt got baby & adult teeth at same time - in which case baby ones will be pushed out in time- u meant baby teeth instead of adult teeth, which as u say is not a problem :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 28, 2000 Report Share Posted November 28, 2000 I've still got a baby tooth too, and have never met anyone else the same! x-rays show no adult tooth underneath. So much for evolution of the species?! Chris Re: re:extra tooth >What's wrong with that then? I still have 3 baby teeth because the adult >teeth never appeared. I had xrays and such, but the teeth just are not >there. I have 2 adult teeth that never grew - the two second front teeth. Unfortunately my baby teeth did fall out, leaving me with big gaps in my mouth as the teeth spread out. On the plus side, this means great dental hygiene - I never have to worry about flossing etc as food doesn't get caught in my teeth. On the minus side, it meant I grew up being called " claw hammer " and other pleasant nicknames!!! I spent much of my teenage years wearing a fixed train track brace - upper and lower jaw - to try and close the gaps. This it did, but the teeth went back to their natural position as soon as the brace came off. I have investigated the option of having orthodontic work as an adult, and having two false teeth put in, but the hassle and expense (not to mention the discomfort) has made me disinclined to persue it. That said, I am very conscious of my gappy teeth, and if there was an easy cosmetic solution, I would definately go for it! McVeigh Newsletter Editor & Secretary, Leighton Buzzard & District SAHM to (AKA Tiff Toff) the pantophobic, DOB 19/9/97 & Caitlin (AKA Cake Tin) the suckaholic, DOB 12/1/00 Live chat /chat/nct-coffee Have you found out about all the other groups for the NCT online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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