What should I do if my child's teeth grow new ones before they fall out?

Many children will experience the loss of their deciduous teeth and the growth of permanent teeth after the age of 6. Experts tell us that the shedding of deciduous teeth follows a certain order, but sometimes, permanent teeth grow out before the deciduous teeth have completely fallen out. Although this situation is rare, it is a very common situation for dentists. So, what should we do if a child’s teeth grow new ones before they fall out?

    This situation where deciduous teeth should fall out but do not is called retained deciduous teeth. There are three main reasons for retained deciduous teeth: 1. Misalignment of permanent tooth germs; 2. Local inflammation; 3. Missing permanent tooth germs.

If your child is at the age of replacing teeth, you should take him to the hospital as soon as possible to remove the retained deciduous teeth to make room for the permanent teeth to erupt, so as not to affect the eruption of the permanent teeth in the normal position.

If the age of tooth replacement has passed and the deciduous teeth have not fallen out and the permanent teeth have not erupted, do not extract them easily; if the permanent teeth are congenitally missing, the deciduous teeth should be kept as much as possible.

    Pay attention to the hygiene of your child's oral cavity and brush their teeth carefully

During the tooth replacement period, deciduous teeth and permanent teeth coexist. The permanent teeth have just erupted, especially the "six-year teeth" which are the "key to occlusion". They are large in size and have many pits and fissures on the occlusal surface, which easily retain food residues. In addition, most children do not like to brush their teeth and like to eat sweets, so caries often occur. Once it occurs, it should be treated early. The most important thing at this time is to teach your child to brush their teeth correctly.

    Pay attention to correcting children's bad habits

During the tooth replacement period, when the deciduous teeth are loose and about to fall out, children often have the habit of licking the loose teeth with their tongues. This is a bad habit that will affect the normal eruption of permanent teeth and should be corrected in time to prevent malocclusion, that is, uneven teeth arrangement.

    Let your child eat more chewy foods

Usually, let your child chew some hard food, such as jellyfish, peanuts, sugar cane, spiced beans, etc. This is very beneficial for his tooth replacement, and it is convenient to maintain a good stimulation effect on the deciduous teeth, thereby promoting the deciduous teeth to fall out on time.

Also, take your child to have a dental check-up once a year, mainly to observe the tooth replacement in the child's mouth. When the child is about 10 years old and all the teeth in the mouth have grown out, parents can add some celery stalks, corn, apples and other foods to them to ensure a smooth replacement of teeth and allow the child to have a healthy and neat permanent teeth.