Milk teeth.?

Question

I know that kid's all lose their milk teeth at different times but My 6. and three quater year old is just beggining to lose her front teeth ( Much to her distress, because most of the kids in her class have already lost 4 or 5) The new ones have already started growing but they seem to be growing behind the row of milk teeth.. is suppose this is normal but I though I just ask.

Answer 1

Yes this is fairly normal

My 13 year old still has the same problem with his back teeth, the new one grows behind and pushes out the old one, eventually.

It is worth speaking to your dentist if yo are really concerned

Answer 2

i'm 21 and my back teeth are still my 1st teeth ( the dentist has thretened too pull them out) but knowing me my 2nd's wont grow and i be gummy

Answer 3

Perfectly normal for teeth to start growing behind, sometimes even in front. it's a good sign that her teeth have lasted to beyond six years old, it means they have been well looked after. she will be feeling impatient but just explain that she is special and that her teeth are still there because she has taken such good care of them and that she will be toothless fairly soon because although the teeth are coming in behind the roots will still loosen the baby teeth and will fall out soon.

Answer 4

My niece had her front milk tooth hanging on until the new one was completely through now it sits back from all the others so now she needs to wait a year or 2 and have a brace fitted.

Mention it to the dentist put your mind at rest.

Answer 5

listen my son is almost 9 and has only lost his two bottom teeth.  My dentist assures me each visit that it is fine adn his big boy teeth are coming.  its due to his milk teeth coming in later he was 13 months old before his first one

Answer 6

That happened to me, only the adult teeth grew in front of the baby teeth (it looked like I had vampire fangs when the canines came in!). It's quite normal, although not the most attractive looking. I had the first set pulled when they wouldn't come lose and make room for the adult teeth. Braces came later on...

Don't worry about it until the first set is completely gone. Then take your child to the dentist, who will make further decisions on how to go abou treating any teeth that my have grown eschew.

Answer 7

This is not normal, you need to get her to a dentist right away.  My sister had the same problem and her front teeth are now slanted where they grew behind her milk teeth.  They have tried everything short of braces, but nothing worked...

I would find a good dentist and get her in too see them right away, because when she get's older she would probably need braces from this unless caught early, and trust me kids can be cruel!

Answer 8

Normal. but if you're concerned try ringing your dentist and making her an appointment.

Answer 9

I don't think its that normal for the new teeth to grow behind without the milk teeth coming out first. I would take her along to the dentist just to get it checked out if I were you.

Answer 10

My daughter is in the same situation.  She is 6.5 years old, and has yet to lose her first tooth!   I can see the new ones ready to poke out any moment.  Not to worry.  They will fall out just like that when they are ready.

Answer 11

one of my co workers told me a couple days ago that her daughters milk teeth had to be pulled.

Answer 12

If your really concerned, then go to the dentist, but it seems perfectly normal to me. My teeth did that (twice actually as I had two sets of milk teeth before my adult teeth came through) The new teeth grow through, and in 99.9% of cases eventually push the old ones out.

Answer 13

my two front teeth (who were still babies at the time) wouldn't come out. So my cousin's husband (who is a dentist) put numbing cream and pulled them out. It didn't hurt and my new teeth grew in naturally (tho a bit forward)

Answer 14

This happened with my son - he was 61/2 before he lost his first tooth with another going a month later.  When I took him to the dentist as I was concerened about the shape his teeth were coming through he reassured us that with pressure from his tongue and lips during speech they would straighten up.  This was last June/July and he was right - they did.  However he still hasn't lost any more!