Second set inside first set

Lisha

Hi all.

I have been delighted looking at my second child first set of teeth. They looked perfect so I hoped the second set would be too. My first child's teeth are only ok, I know money will need to be spent on him.

But lately she told me two teeth were loose. I looked and her second lower set seem to be very behind her first. I've attached a picture.

What do ye think, is it likely that
am I looking at a lifetime of dentist bills .... I know it s silly question really .

I will be taking her to dentist next week but I was just wondering what people thought if that's ok.

January

I'm not an expert, but my first daughters teeth came up like that, when she lost the milk teeth her permanent ones moved forward into position.

Oral Surgeon

The permanent teeth can often be displaced lingually or buccally when erupting. This can be because of crowding or the primary teeth not falling out in a timely manner...
There is an "ideal" eruption & exfoliation timing & sequence but few of us follow this perfectly... That said and not to alarm you but the adult incisors are quite lingual and the second primary incisors have fallen out before the first primary incisors (wrong way around)
Again, all of these things are a guide but I'd have your dentist have a look.
Once erupted and once the primary teeth are gone, he adult teeth tend to settle in a zone of balance between the forces of the tongue and the forces of the lips, so they may come forward if space allows...

Lisha wrote: »

Hi all.

I have been delighted looking at my second child first set of teeth. They looked perfect so I hoped the second set would be too. My first child's teeth are only ok, I know money will need to be spent on him.

But lately she told me two teeth were loose. I looked and her second lower set seem to be very behind her first. I've attached a picture.

What do ye think, is it likely that
am I looking at a lifetime of dentist bills .... I know it s silly question really .

I will be taking her to dentist next week but I was just wondering what people thought if that's ok.

Lisha

Thanks, I hope so January.

Oral surgeon, you have explained my concerns in a way I would but have been able to. I'm taking her to the dentist next week . I'm going to hope for the best.

I'm only half joking when I say I do wonder if the college savings will be plundered to pay their dentistry bills.

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My own kids teeth are like that at the moment, it's not a worry. Lots of jaw growing to happen yet, but the teeth are adult size. Not saying she won't need braces, but that photo is showing nothing out of the ordinary.

Lisha

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

The permanent teeth can often be displaced lingually or buccally when erupting. This can be because of crowding or the primary teeth not falling out in a timely manner...
There is an "ideal" eruption & exfoliation timing & sequence but few of us follow this perfectly... That said and not to alarm you but the adult incisors are quite lingual and the second primary incisors have fallen out before the first primary incisors (wrong way around)
Again, all of these things are a guide but I'd have your dentist have a look.
Once erupted and once the primary teeth are gone, he adult teeth tend to settle in a zone of balance between the forces of the tongue and the forces of the lips, so they may come forward if space allows...

I just reread this. She has not lost any primary teeth at all yet Oral Surgeon.
The spacing has become more pronounced in last while.

Lisha

Jessie Thoughtless Hippy wrote: »

My own kids teeth are like that at the moment, it's not a worry. Lots of jaw growing to happen yet, but the teeth are adult size. Not saying she won't need braces, but that photo is showing nothing out of the ordinary.

I'm hoping for the best. I should have got braces and didn't as they were not bad enough to be done for free. I have terrible teeth now and as far as I can I'm determined to do the best for them.

Oral Surgeon

Lisha wrote: »

I just reread this. She has not lost any primary teeth at all yet Oral Surgeon.
The spacing has become more pronounced in last while.

Ok, I thought that the c's looked like d's on that photo. The spacing is quite pronounced in that picture, it could also be that the lingually placed adult are tilting the central primary teeth towards the lip and opening the space between the central primary incisors and the lateral primary incisors...

Bottom line,
See your dentist!!