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Suggest Treatment For Crooked Teeth With Irregular Lengths
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My son has bottle teeth. when he was younger i took him to the dentist to have the teeth taken out but i was told that the teeth would just fall out by themselves, but they never did (some did but not all). My son is now 8 years old and his teeth are crooked and not the same length. what do i need to do so ha can smile again?
My son has bottle teeth. when he was younger i took him to the dentist to have the teeth taken out but i was told that the teeth would just fall out by themselves, but they never did (some did but not all). My son is now 8 years old and his teeth are crooked and not the same length. what do i need to do so ha can smile again?
Fri, 22 Aug 2014
Thanks for your query, I have gone through your query.
The crooked teeth can be corrected by extraction if it is a milk tooth. The deciduous front teeth will fall at the age of 6-8 years and the permanent teeth will erupt. But the alignment of teeth will be haphazard till 11years(ugly duckling stage). Nothing to worry about this alignment till 12years its normal. Consult a pediatric dental surgeon and get the milk teeth removed.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
The crooked teeth can be corrected by extraction if it is a milk tooth. The deciduous front teeth will fall at the age of 6-8 years and the permanent teeth will erupt. But the alignment of teeth will be haphazard till 11years(ugly duckling stage). Nothing to worry about this alignment till 12years its normal. Consult a pediatric dental surgeon and get the milk teeth removed.
I hope my answer will help you, take care.
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helloo...read thru ur query...accordingly i sugest u to wait for sometime bcoz this is just natural at this age..new teeth errupting will always be larger and will errupt crookedly.(its called ugly duckling stage)..only thing u must see that no milk teeth is present in front of the errupting tooth(have to get it extracted)...it can cause probs.(crossbite)..but nothing to be worried i suggest u to meet a pedodontist and based on clinical condition he can plan the treatment(if anything required)..based on the present symptoms i feel its all normal ..be cool and get an appointment of pedodontist...hope ur benefitted something from this reply..have a healthy day!!!
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