What should children pay attention to when changing their teeth?

Replacing new teeth is a process that every child has to go through. Parents should closely observe the condition of their children's teeth at this time, so that their children can smoothly go through the period of tooth replacement and grow beautiful teeth. During the period of tooth replacement, children should prevent injuries. If there is a gap between the front teeth, don't worry too much at this time. Generally speaking, it is best not to remove the child's canine teeth.

1. Pay attention to your child's tooth replacement

As children grow older, their tiny baby teeth can no longer adapt to the growing jaws and increasing chewing power. The deciduous teeth begin to fall out physiologically from around the age of 6 and are completely replaced by permanent teeth around the age of 12.

2. Try to avoid injuries to your child

Some parents find that their children's new permanent teeth are loose, which makes them feel uneasy and suspicious. In fact, this is because the roots of newly erupted teeth have not yet been fully formed, the pulp cavity and apical foramen are very large, and the cementum at the apex is very thin.

3. No need to worry about the gap between the front teeth

Some parents find that there is a gap between the two newly grown front teeth of their children, and some are even in an S-shape, so they worry that their children's front teeth will not grow well. In fact, the eruption of permanent teeth has a certain time and order. The upper central incisor (commonly known as the front teeth) erupts between the ages of 6 and 9, and the lateral incisors erupt between the ages of 7 and 11. Therefore, when the child is 7 to 11 years old, there will be a gap between the two front teeth. As long as the lateral incisors erupt, the gap will naturally disappear. Occasionally, there may be a supernumerary tooth between the two front teeth causing a gap between the two front teeth. This can be confirmed through X-ray examination and then the supernumerary tooth can be removed to close the gap.

4. Canine teeth cannot be removed

In the order of replacement of deciduous and permanent teeth, the eruption of canines is later than that of the first pair of canines. When the canines erupt, the area of ​​the alveolar bone in the anterior tooth area is occupied by other teeth and can only erupt on the labial side. Therefore, the canines of some children often protrude to the labial side to form canine teeth. Some parents think that this tooth is ugly and ask the doctor to extract it, which is wrong. The canine has the longest root and is the strongest tooth in the mouth. Its function of tearing food cannot be replaced by other teeth. If it is lost, children will often be unable to chew sugarcane or eat ribs, and their chewing power will also be affected. If correction is required, the doctor will remove the first or second bicuspids to achieve the purpose.

5. Understand the temporary mismatch period

Finally, it is worth mentioning that during the transition period between deciduous and permanent teeth, the arrangement of teeth is often mixed, sometimes even chaotic, which is medically called temporary malocclusion. Some parents are very worried about this and ask doctors to provide correction as soon as possible. In fact, human teeth have a potential tendency to be aligned. When the deciduous teeth are replaced by permanent teeth, the tooth arrangement may adjust itself. Before the replacement of deciduous teeth with permanent teeth is completed, there is no need to rush to correct it. You should observe and follow up.