My daughter still has some milk teeth, can she have them extracted?
Q.
My daughter (12 nearly 13yrs). The upper, right side, canine 3, baby tooth has not come out. Firmly it sits fixed within the mouth. The second tooth which should have pushed down onto this baby tooth to remove it, has grown horizontally across, instead of down. It know pushes towards the front two teeth of the mouth and has caused the closest one to move and go squinty bending out and in to where the baby tooth sits. All the teeth are fully grown were perfect second teeth until this happened. Please advise ! I has asked for this baby tooth to be removed over a year ago (gut feeling about it) Had this have happened, would this problem of still occured? Thank you
My daughter (12 nearly 13yrs). The upper, right side, canine 3, baby tooth has not come out. Firmly it sits fixed within the mouth. The second tooth which should have pushed down onto this baby tooth to remove it, has grown horizontally across, instead of down. It know pushes towards the front two teeth of the mouth and has caused the closest one to move and go squinty bending out and in to where the baby tooth sits. All the teeth are fully grown were perfect second teeth until this happened. Please advise ! I has asked for this baby tooth to be removed over a year ago (gut feeling about it) Had this have happened, would this problem of still occured? Thank you
A.
The best thing to do at this stage is take her to see a specialist orthodontist. who can advise you if it’s possible to bring down the tooth that is lying horizontally about the retained baby tooth. It is often possible to do this with some clever orthodontic treatment.
The best thing to do at this stage is take her to see a specialist orthodontist. who can advise you if it’s possible to bring down the tooth that is lying horizontally about the retained baby tooth. It is often possible to do this with some clever orthodontic treatment.
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