Dental Question

[MzDiz]

Ok, first some background. My 7 year old daughter has not lost a tooth yet. The dentist says that it's not that far out of the realm of normal and that she's got teeth coming in. He also told me to start saving for braces. Her x-ray showed her bottom permanent teeth looking like an interstate pile up. This was about five months ago.

My daughter came to me today to show me that her first adult tooth is erupting nearly perpendicular to the tooth it's replacing. It's sideways and almost entirely behind the other teeth.

She's got an appointment in a couple weeks and I'm going to call them tomorrow and sound like a squealing panicked mother... but in the meantime - has anyone had any experience with something like this? Someone put my mind at ease!

 

[Kimberle]

My dd's teeth are similar. She's lost her 2 bottom's. The new teeth (which have taken their sweet time coming in.) are kindof sideways. Her dentist, too, told me she'll most likely need braces. She said when the baby teeth are close together, the perm teeth have no room. Thus, the kids generally need braces.

 

[N.Bailey]

All I can tell you is, start saving for the braces, as your dentist has already suggested. The next time the dentist sees your daughter though, he may go ahead and pull the teeth that have the permanent ones coming thru.

Sometimes it will take years for them to come in fully though. I know, my daughter wore a space maintainer for what seemed like forever. I know she wore the thing for a good 3 to 4 years. She had a cavity in the baby tooth though, so that's why they pulled it.

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BTW, your dentist/orthodontist might be different than the ones around here, but most of the kids got their braces from around 5th grade to 7th. Some a little earlier and others a little later. I doubt you're talking in the near future with your daughter, but it's still good to start planning. Check with your insurance carrier and see what portion you'll be responsible for paying too.

 

[MzDiz]

BTW, your dentist/orthodontist might be different than the ones around here, but most of the kids got their braces from around 5th grade to 7th. Some a little earlier and others a little later. I doubt you're talking in the near future with your daughter, but it's still good to start planning. Check with your insurance carrier and see what portion you'll be responsible for paying too.

He told me about three years. My 15 year old is on the last leg of her braces. Her teeth weren't nearly as crooked as these are looking to be, and I thought they were a MESS! And I don't even want to think about what it's going to cost. Our insurance only covers a thousand dollars on braces. Blech.

 

[KarenAylwood]

Ok, first some background. My 7 year old daughter has not lost a tooth yet. The dentist says that it's not that far out of the realm of normal and that she's got teeth coming in. He also told me to start saving for braces. Her x-ray showed her bottom permanent teeth looking like an interstate pile up. This was about five months ago.

My daughter came to me today to show me that her first adult tooth is erupting nearly perpendicular to the tooth it's replacing. It's sideways and almost entirely behind the other teeth.

She's got an appointment in a couple weeks and I'm going to call them tomorrow and sound like a squealing panicked mother... but in the meantime - has anyone had any experience with something like this? Someone put my mind at ease!

Woah, sounds like me!! Although, my last adult tooth coming in was the one that was all screwy- and it was coming out IN FRONT of all the other teeth- I looked like a vampire!

My babies eventually fell out on their own, and since the one that had the adult tooth coming in over it was pinned in between a bunch of teeth, I had to have it pulled. I got braces a little later than everyone else, but my teeth turned out almost perfect, if I do say so myself.

My bottom teeth also looked HORRIBLE (practically a spitting image of my dad ) and I had to have a "lip bumper" to spread them out before I got braces on them. So she may have to get that too if they are too close together (ie "interstate pileup").

Give her some for me, and I know what she's going through. It's a pain in the butt, but after braces (and probably a retainer), she'll look great!

 

[N.Bailey]

He told me about three years. My 15 year old is on the last leg of her braces. Her teeth weren't nearly as crooked as these are looking to be, and I thought they were a MESS! And I don't even want to think about what it's going to cost. Our insurance only covers a thousand dollars on braces. Blech.

OUCH!

 

[tiggerlover]

DS didn't get his first tooth until he was almost a year old. He didn't lose his first tooth naturally until maybe 7. He is currently 9 and has only lost 4 teeth on his own and had 6 pulled. His front tooth came in totally sideways. We discovered when he was almost 6 that he had an extra adult tooth blocking his two front teeth, so he had to have 3 teeth pulled (two front baby teeth and the extra adult tooth). Those teeth were blocking the permanent ones from coming down and therefore turned them, one totally sideways, one a little. Last summer we had to have three more teeth pulled due to overcrowding in DS's mouth and after they came out the sideways front one started to rotate (almost back to normal). We already know that DS needs braces, he has been to the orthodontist twice (and she is guiding us with the teeth pulling). We go back in March and we should find out at that time where we stand. We may need two more teeth pulled, but this time on the bottom before DS is ready for the braces.

Since there is already evidence of "an interstate pileup" in your DD mouth, I wouldn't be surprised if she will have to have some teeth pulled so the teeth can shift around a bit on their own. They can do great things with dental work, so I am sure your dentist will guide you accordingly. Good luck.

 

[golfgal]

I had a friend growing up that never lost a single baby tooth. All of her permanent teeth grew in behind her baby teeth. She ended up having every baby tooth pulled (they put her out for that). The plus side is she has incredibly strong and healthy teeth but did the braces route to pull her adult teeth into position.

 

[roberrl187]

My dd had her first (yes I did say first) set of braces at 8 years old. She had one of her front upper teeth come in behind the baby tooth and it was parallel with the roof of her mouth. The dentist pulled her baby tooth and we had to find an ortho. He put on the braces and it was amazing. That tooth was facing the right way in only a couple of days. But, he told me that we would have trouble with all of her teeth like that. He said the x-rays looked like her teeth were fused to her jaw and the connection didn't disolve correctly. She kept that set of braces for 2-3 yrs and he told me she would need another set when she is 15-16. She is 13 now, so we are saving. That first set exhausted her lifetime allowance for the insurance.

 

[Mari annie]

When I was 12 I had a baby tooth in my mouth, the hygenist was shocked, the xrayed my teeth, I had alot they had to remove, or they would of came over the original set of teeth.
That was over 25 years ago, and today there is so much to do.

Braces are expensive, try a dental college, they are much cheaper and everything is overseen by professors of the college, and the students are waiting to become board certified as Orthodonists.

Take it from me, we are doing this for my daughter at Havard Dental School in Boston, MA.
I am sure there are tons of Dental Colleges throughout the USA.
They are excellent.

Good luck.


2 weeks and counting to see the MOUSE!!!!

 

[PlutoPony]

DS's adult front teeth came in kinda sideways as there just wasn't space for them to come in the way they should. We had a consult with an excellent ortho at age 8 and he recommended pulling 6 baby teeth on the sides to give the front teeth room to move into the space they should. His concern was to make sure the permanent teeth didn't get worn from biting in the "wrong position". Within a month of pulling the teeth, the permanents straightened out and look good. How we're waiting for more adult teeth to show up and his jaw to expand before getting into the real $$. Our ortho looks at DS yearly at no charge and evaluates things - we're probably another year or 2 from getting into braces.

 

[disney funseeker]

Yes, this sounds like my dd. She was 7 last summer and had not lost a single tooth but 2 of her adult teeth were growing behind and parallell to her bottom teeth.

She has a small jaw. 4 teeth pulled out to make room for 2. The teeth growing in behind got pushed forward naturally.

going to the dentist this morning in fact, because one of those bottom teeth is sore. I think we have an expensive road ahead of us with these set of teeth.