Does uneven deciduous teeth affect permanent teeth?

Deciduous teeth and permanent teeth are the two types of teeth that grow during a person's lifetime. As the name suggests, deciduous teeth are teeth that appear in early childhood and will fall off when children reach a certain age. The teeth that grow after the deciduous teeth fall out are the permanent teeth. Misaligned deciduous teeth generally do not affect permanent teeth. Below, we will introduce you to the relevant knowledge about uneven deciduous teeth in detail!

1. Causes of uneven deciduous teeth

1. Early loss of deciduous teeth: There will be insufficient space, resulting in crowding and misalignment. The eruption guiding function is lost, and the permanent teeth become misplaced or fail to erupt.

2. Bad habits: Most of them are finger sucking habits, tongue habits, lip biting habits, object biting habits, jaw protrusion habits, bad swallowing habits, unilateral chewing habits, etc., which can cause various malocclusions.

3. Congenital missing teeth: mostly due to developmental and embryonic reasons. The missing third molars are mostly due to germline degeneration.

2. What to do if your baby teeth are uneven

Deciduous teeth are an important part of the baby's chewing organs. If the deciduous teeth have not grown in fully, generally no special intervention is required because it is unlikely to affect the development of permanent teeth. If for some reason dental deformities occur when permanent teeth erupt, oral correction treatment will be required.

In addition, when the deciduous teeth first erupt, the surface may be uneven, even jagged. When the baby starts to add complementary foods and chew food with his teeth, the deciduous teeth will gradually grow flat. Adequate chewing exercises not only exercise the chewing muscles, but also put corresponding pressure on the teeth. It is transmitted to the jawbone through the periodontal membrane, making the structure of the teeth stronger.

3. How to prevent uneven deciduous teeth

1. Promote jaw development: While avoiding various unfavorable factors, you should take some measures to promote jaw development from the beginning of the eruption of your child's deciduous teeth. There are many simple ways to promote jaw development. An effective and simple method is to give the molars more opportunities to exercise. After the baby's deciduous molars erupt, often feed them some coarse and hard food, such as bubble gum and biscuits. When the teeth are replaced, you can feed the baby some sugar cane, spiced beans, etc.

2. Do not eat spoiled food: Of course, be careful not to eat spoiled food, such as moldy peanuts, so as not to lose more than the gain and cause other adverse consequences.

3. Eat more coarse grains: As people’s diet in today’s society develops towards refinement, the jawbone lacks proper stimulation, which can easily lead to jaw dysplasia and then malocclusion of teeth. So it is necessary to eat these coarse foods.