The eruption of permanent teeth
has a sequence.
The first permanent tooth is a
molar that will erupt at the age of 6. Parents often mistaken this tooth
as part of milk teeth and there’s substitute after extraction.
Parents need to give more
attention to this permanent molar because it is located behind and most of them
do not have the ability to brush their teeth properly and still drink milk and
often being bottle fed at night.
Frequently
Asked Questions:
1. Why there is no replacement after a baby tooth
has fallen out
for such a long time?
If you do
not spot the permanent tooth erupting after
several months after the
loose tooth falls out which normally
only take few weeks. Then it is better to bring your child to
see the dentist.
There are
several possible reasons of delay eruption of
permanent
tooth which including:
Ø Congenital missing-no
permanent tooth bud underneath the milk tooth
Ø Excessive thick and hard gums covering
the tooth causing difficult emerge through the gums
Ø Supernumerary
( extra tooth
) in between central incisors
Ø Early loss of milk tooth which
changes the balanced position of adjacent teeth. This cause adjacent tooth to
loss support and slowly lean towards the gap of missing tooth. Hence, there
will be no sufficient space for the tooth to erupt
Therefore, an x-ray examination is important to rule out all
possible reasons.
2. Why there is an extra tooth erupting from the outer or
inner part of
the milk tooth?
The root of
milk tooth will not be dissolved and loose
if the position of permanent tooth bud is
not exactly
below the milk tooth.
Parents
should bring their child for tooth extraction and
The
permanent tooth will grow to its proper position
after the
milk tooth is extracted.
3. What is the solution for the big gap between the
newly erupted
upper incisors?
This is a transitional stage which called ‘ugly
duckling
stage’ where parents often worried
about.
The gap will
be closed when the lateral incisors and
canines are
erupted. Normally, the incisors will be
pushed to the
centre and straight up.
