Front Teeth: Myself
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Space Between Front Teeth
Asked by L.C. from Athens
on March 7, 2009
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My son is 11 months old and he has a space between his front teeth. He does not have a space between his bottom teeth. His front teeth came in about 3 or 4 months ag...
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- I am a dental hygienist and there is nothing to be concerned about. Many children have large spaces between their front teeth. The space may get smaller as other teeth...
- Don't worry about it until the permanent teeth come in. If he has a gap in his front permanent teeth it's very easy to correct.
- My son is almost 11 months old and has the same space b/t his two front teeth. At our 9 month check-up, our Ped. said that we should take him to a Ped. Dentist at 12 m...
Teeth
Asked by K.O. from Minneapolis
on August 3, 2006
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I noticed the other day that my 2 1/2 year old daughter's teeth don't go together in the front. Should this be a concern, or do we live with it until she has her adult...
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- K.- I'm a registered dental hygienist and work in a very progressive general practice in the Waunakee area. In a general practice we start seeing children as young...
- My sister in law is a great pediatrician and she said that research shows that nuks are OK until age 2 at least and may help prevent SIDS. My daughter never liked them...
- I don't think it's a big concern at this point. See what her permanent teeth are like. And I've heard it's good to start taking kids to the dentist at about 3, so if...
Teeth
Asked by T.S. from Kansas City
on September 1, 2006
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My seven month old has now cut two teeth... the front two bottom teeth. Does anyone know the next teeth to come in after that? Do they always come in a certain order?
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- I have a 13-month old boy who has two bottom teeth and two top teeth. I was told that this is typical for the bottom two and then the top two to match. Hope this h...
- Usually bottom teeth first, then top two front teeth. Then it moves to incisors bottom, then the top (those hurt the baby when they come in). then it keeps moving bac...
- They don't always come in order, but usually the next two will be the top two. They also usually come in twos.
Toddler fell...gums Between Front Teeth
Asked by E.L. from Tampa
on May 28, 2010
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My daughter who is 16 months old just fell face first into the kitchen tile. Her gums between her front teeth (frenum?) is swollen and wedged between her two front tee...
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- I took my youngest to the dentist when he fell at age 18 months and it made his front teeth loose. Don't wait call a ped dentist tomorrow morning if you have other chi...
- Did you put ice on it? That would have been my first step. Then if the swelling doesn't take her in to see the dentist. Also you can give her something for pain if sh...
- Give her popsickle to help with the swelling and some infants tylonal/motrin. If you can't dislodge it, you may need to take her to an urgent care clinic; you wouldn't...
Any One Else Have a Toddler with Decayed Front Teeth,
Asked by K.J. from San Diego
on July 30, 2008
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just curious if any body else toddler had or has decayed teeth,& what the are doing about it & HOW DID it happend,she is 2 now, my dentist says it from the breastfeed...
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- K., I read alot about this on another website. My 3 kids were all breastfed so I didn't know why these moms have this problem. They were told to wipe the baby's teet...
- My nephew had that same problem and his mom was told it was from the extremely high fevers he got when he was really young.
- Before I became a medical transcriptionist working at home, I worked for a pediatric dentist. A lot of parents were unaware that breast milk has a ton of sugar in it,...
HELP! Toddler W/ Gray Front Teeth!!!!!
Asked by L.L. from Minneapolis
on July 12, 2007
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Recently my 2 year old's top front teeth have begun turning a grayish-brown color. This has happened very rapidly in the past few months or less. She also has a small ...
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- Hey L., two of my five kids have had this happen to them. My son fell on his brother's head and it turned his tooth dark gray. I took him in and he got a root canal....
- I don't know exactly what to tell you, but my daughter Montanna visited a dentist for the 1st time this past May, and I was very impressed with the Pediatric Dentist's...
- Sounds just like my daughter at age 2. She fell at church onto the pew(bench) in front of us and both teeth went off white sorta brownish.. I freaked out and took her ...
2 Year Olds Front Teeth Rotting
Asked by B.F. from Hattiesburg
on January 14, 2011
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I took my daughter to a pediatric dentist this week and i've been stressing ever since. I thought she had great teeth, we brush them atleast once a day and she's never...
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- Ok, don't panic, they are probably not rotting. My brother's teeth rotted really badly and he eventually did have to have them pulled because they had broken and that...
- Let the dentist put her out and fill them. It is in her best interest to not remember this and just go to sleep and wake up feeling wonderful and it's over. We did...
- Don't pull them (unless your dentist advises you do so. And if he does, get a 2nd opinion first). Even if they have cavities (which can be filled) and aren't perfe...
No Top Front Teeth Yet?
Asked by L.H. from Allentown
on July 11, 2007
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Hi Moms!
My 8 month old daughter got her two bottom teeth when she was 6 months old. Then the she got two teeth on the top but not the middle ones, they are the on...
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- Don't worry about it. My son started getting his teeth at an earlier age but he looked like a little vampire for several weeks when his eye teeth came in before his f...
- I remember thinking the same thing when my 1st son got his teeth in a very similar fashion. I was thinking oh my gosh! But approx a month later the top front ones ca...
- When my son got his teeth, he started with one of the bottom ones in the middle at about 13 1/2 months. Then he went straight across the top, getting 4 in a row starti...
No Teeth...
Asked by A.M. from Spartanburg
on July 18, 2008
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My daughter will be 9 months old on the first and still has no teeth. She went through "teething", (this was according to her Dr) at around 3.5 months and he assured ...
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- Yes, it is perfectly normal for some children to have no teeth at nine months. Check your family history. Our family has an odd every other generation of missing adu...
- My son's first tooth came in for Christmas when he was 11 months old. Next tooth came in 2 weeks later. Then, in between times we wouldn't see another tooth for 4-6 mo...
- A.: My childrens' baby teeth didn't come in until they were 9 months old. From what I have heard the usual time for a baby's teeth to come through is from 5 months t...
Teeth
Asked by S.P. from Houston
on December 20, 2009
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My four year old has a tooth growing behind her baby teeth but her tooth looks like its growing sideways we have notice that her baby tooth is loosening up. Once her b...
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- Sorry, went through this with one of my sons, you have to have the baby tooth pulled or more problems later.
- no- she will need braces in the future- if it is the top front teeth, or any side teeth you do need to get the baby teeth pulled-I. blaess dds
- Not a panic. Ask at her next check-up. That happened to my niece also. Teeth very, very rarely grow crooked once they have broken the surface; they usually strai...
