Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / July 2008

Yes, if only for spacing issues and the fact that at a young age a retainer
may successfully turn it as it comes in. That is just my thought as we go
through braces on one partially because her teeth came in slightly
overlapping and our 8 year old who is missing two permanent teeth, the two
front bottom, and has already been to the orthodontist in case the teeth do
not move and fill in the space by themselves. The missing teeth is
apparently hereditary. i have several siblings missing permanents, my Mom
and I don't have two permanents but my baby teeth remain. At 38 I don't
think they are going anywhere now.

Cindi

Yeah, I would go. I would want to see what they say about it. I would think
about their recommendations and go home and research the hell out of
anything they do recommend, and then I would decide what to do about it, if
something indeed does need to be done about it.

My oldest son chipped his 2 front teeth and we found a great pediatric
dentist. He looked at it and said there was no reason to do anything about
it (they're baby teeth) unless we have a problem with how they look. We
don't give a damn about how they look. We just don't want them to cause him
pain or permanent damage. We visit occasionally to make sure everything
still looks "okay" and that's that.

Yes, I would to check there are not any less obvious problems.

Marc

Absolutely. If only to see what they suggest. U guess  when she gets
older it may somewhat correct itself, but you should probably start
investigating now. Has her dentist seen it already? When is her next
cleaning? You probably don't need to make an extra appointment, just
have it done at her next appt.

JennP.