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4 Year old, too many teeth

  • 25-08-2010 12:33pm
    #1
    BlazingSaddler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭


    Hi all, I've recently noticed that my daughters mouth seems overcrowded at the top so I did a count and she has 11 at the top and 10 at the bottom. I believe it should be 10 & 10, would this be correct? Her top teeth are now looking crooked and overcrowded, is there anything that can or should be done at this age and is she likely to have problems with her adult teeth due to this?
    Many thanks!


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  • #2
    kkth0360
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭kkth0360


    Hi,
    You're right - there should be 10 top and 10 bottom baby teeth. Extra teeth are called supernumeraries, and are comparatively rare in the primary dentition (less than 1 in 100 children). If your daughter has a supernumerary it should be removed to relieve the overcrowding and help prevent problems later when the permanent teeth erupt. People who have extra baby teeth are more likely to have one or more supernumerary in the permanent dentition too.

    The other possibility is that the "extra" tooth is the first of her permanent teeth eruping, and it hasn't managed to push the baby tooth out properly (however, the first adult tooth is usually a bottom one). If this is the case, the baby tooth should usually be removed to allow the permanent tooth to attain a normal position.

    Take her along to your dentist for a quick look to see what's going on.


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