What is the reason for children to grow canine teeth

It is quite common for children to have canine teeth, especially when they start to replace their baby teeth at the age of six or seven. The newly grown teeth are not on the original neat gums. This is what we call canine teeth. The growth of canine teeth will temporarily affect the beauty of the child's face, but as the jaw grows and develops, some of them will return to being neat.

1. Why do we grow canine teeth?

Children begin to replace their deciduous teeth with permanent teeth at the age of 6 to 7. Since canines are replaced later than other teeth, if the deciduous canines fall out prematurely due to illness or trauma, their position will be occupied by the adjacent permanent teeth that erupted earlier, such as the lateral incisors and first premolars (first bicuspids). When the permanent canine finally arrives, it is squeezed outside the dentition, like a tiger's fang (pointed tooth), so it is renamed "tiger tooth".

2. Don’t pull out canine teeth casually

Canines are very important teeth with long roots that grow firmly into the jawbone and are used to tear food when eating.

Canines are located right on the sides of the corners of the mouth, which can prop up the corners of the mouth and the upper lip to make the face look richer. If the canines are lost, the sides of the upper lip will sink, affecting the beauty of the face. So be sure to protect your fangs. Can't just unplug it.

3. What to do if you have canine teeth

The child has "tiger teeth" that are exposed at the corners of his mouth, which is indeed ugly and temporarily affects the beauty of his face.

However, the child's jaw is still growing and developing. As the jaw grows, the canine teeth may "return" during the process of self-adjustment of the dentition. If your canines are still in place by the age of 17, you can go to a dentist for treatment.

They will pull out the tooth behind the canine (the first pair of canines), and under the coordinated pressure of the lip and cheek muscles, it is possible to "invite" the canine back to the normal dentition.