Adult Teeth Growing in behind baby teeth?

I have a five year old daughter. Her tooth on the bottom is loose, but I just noticed her adult teeth are coming through behind them. I know I have to take her to the denist but I wondered if anyone has had a similar experience?

Adult Teeth Growing in behind baby teeth?
It is perfectly normal for the 4 lower adult incisors to come up behind the baby incisors and then move forward. No intervention or wiggling is necessary. Mother Nature does the best job in this case.


You will also see that the adult incisors will usually be a bit crowded and twisted when trying to fit into this space. Again, this is normal and needs no intervention:


1. As your child grows, her jaws will widen and allow more room;


2. The back baby teeth have a combined width GREATER than the adult teeth that replace them. This will also allow room for the incisors to spread out more evenly. Seems strange, doesn%26#039;t it?


So as your child grows, any apparent crowding at this stage will often get better without any intervention. Therefore, do NOT take out lower baby canines to make room for the incisors or you will make it more difficult for the adult canines to come thru.
Reply:Yes, I had the exact same thing!! It happened to me five times, 2 on the bottom and 3 on the top. The dentist said it wasn%26#039;t that big of a deal, they were kind of loose so he just pulled them and helped them out. The tops were very loose so I just pulled them myself. My teeth grew in perfectly after the baby tooth was out, they were a little crooked so i currently have braces, but other than that there were no problems. I hope that helps, and if you need anything, please contact me about it, I%26#039;d be happy to help!!
Reply:A similar thing happened to my younger sister when she was abuot....5? But her case was an 2 EXTRA teeth behind her 2 front ones. All that had to happen was that they had to be pulled out.





At the dentist they%26#039;ll probably pull out the baby tooth (they rarely pull adult teeth as far as I know). She MIGHT need braces later on if the teeth don%26#039;t shift into place naturally.


Have a good night. :-)
Reply:i have had the same thingit is not that big of a deal.
Reply:This is VERY normal and VERY common. I see this with almost all baby teeth and adult teeth especially in the front. It is fine as long as the baby tooth is loose. Just keep wiggling it and it will come out. As long as the baby tooth doesn%26#039;t stay for another year, the adult tooth will erupt and move foward when the baby tooth is lost.



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