At what age do children start to change their teeth?

After the baby is born, teeth will slowly grow. These teeth are deciduous teeth. After a few years, the deciduous teeth will be replaced by permanent teeth, and then they will accompany the child's growth and even throughout the child's life. When children's teeth are changing, parents should pay close attention to prevent their teeth from growing crooked. However, some parents do not know when their children should change their teeth. When their children change their teeth, parents should pay attention to some things, so the editor will introduce it to everyone.

1. The time when children's teeth change. When children enter the tooth replacement period, the eruption of permanent teeth causes the roots of deciduous teeth to be absorbed, loosened, and fall off in an orderly manner, and permanent teeth gradually erupt in the vacant spaces. The tooth replacement period begins at around 6 years old and ends at 12 to 13 years old.

2. Pay attention to the first permanent molars (six-year molars). When a child reaches about six years old, the first permanent molar, also known as the "six-year molar", will quietly grow behind the last deciduous molar on the upper, lower, left and right sides. Many parents are unaware of its existence, and even think that it will be replaced, so they neglect to take care of it, causing many children's sixth-year molars to begin to decay early. Parents must pay attention! The sixth molar only grows once. After this tooth erupts, you must pay attention to cleaning it and perform pit and fissure sealing in time.

3. What should I do if "double rows of teeth" appear? The child's diet is characterized by overly refined food, which often results in new teeth growing out before the baby teeth fall out on their own. Generally speaking, if a lot of new teeth have erupted and the deciduous teeth are still not loose, it is recommended to extract the deciduous teeth, and the new teeth will adjust to their normal position by themselves.

4. Why are the newly grown incisors serrated? The newly grown incisors are serrated when they first erupt. "Serrations" are developmental nodules of the teeth, which will gradually be worn down as you eat and chew. This is not an abnormal situation and does not require treatment.

When a child reaches the stage of changing teeth, parents should pay close attention to their children's teeth. If the permanent teeth have already grown out but the deciduous teeth have not fallen out yet, parents should make sure to remove the deciduous teeth in time to prevent the permanent teeth from growing crooked. Children should brush their teeth more often to keep their mouths clean and reduce the occurrence of tooth decay.