Any dentists here?

[StJess80]

DD lost a tooth, and I think it might be a canine. She had a loose one on top and her dentist said to call if the top canine fell out, to call. He said something about spacing be worrisome. Do you think that might might be the same on the bottom? I'll attach a pic.

[EmilieMadison]

I dont understand; your dentist mentioned "something" about spacing being worrisome and to call "if" the top tooth fell out? This will require more detail from your dentist. Why not just call and ask about his/her concerns, and if you should get a referral to an orthodontist?

[StJess80]

Apr 28, 2015 12:57:39 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

I dont understand; your dentist mentioned "something" about spacing being worrisome and to call "if" the top tooth fell out? This will require more detail from your dentist. Why not just call and ask about his/her concerns, and if you should get a referral to an orthodontist?

I think maybe I wasn't clear, I was typing fast! On her upper left side of her mouth, that canine was loose, and her dentist said that if that tooth fell out, to call him because she would lose vital space for other teeth to come in. The way he phrased it seemed like it was a common issue. I wasn't certain if this was an issue if it happened on her lower teeth. Well, and if that's actually a canine tooth.

[EmilieMadison]

So yeah, just call the dentist.

[gingery]

She will need a space maintainer for the top. Call and ask if they feel the same about the bottom.

[StJess80]

I did call--they are all in a staff meeting. I figured I could get some insight here while I waited for them to call me back.

[StJess80]

The dentist does want to see her. She has such a tiny mouth and is way behind on losing teeth (she's almost 11 and this is her 9th tooth that she's lost. No molars yet.) He wants to see if she'll need a spacer put in to hold the place for the adult tooth.

[Deleted]

Apr 28, 2015 13:39:08 GMT -5 gingery said:

She will need a space maintainer for the top. Call and ask if they feel the same about the bottom.

This

[StJess80]

She went in this morning. No spacers needed. The concern last year was that she was too young to be losing those teeth, so a spacer would have been needed. These teeth are the ones that are lost from 11-13 or so. She's 10.5 now, and she's got enough of the adult tooth coming down to take its rightful place in the line up.

[EmilieMadison]

Wait, she's way behind on losing teeth, or she's losing teeth too early? LOL

[StJess80]

Apr 29, 2015 13:12:13 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

Wait, she's way behind on losing teeth, or she's losing teeth too early? LOL

Sort of both, which doesn't really make sense, I realize. She's almost 11 and has only lost 9 teeth. Lots of kids her age have lost their molars and she hasn't. The canines are some of the very last to fall out (age 11-13), which puts her ahead of schedule on those, but behind on all of the rest. She hasn't lost any of her incisors yet, and the average age for those is 7-8. The first molars should have fallen out by now too. The dentist said he wouldn't be surprised if her 2nd molars came out before her 1st, since she's apparently decided to switch to losing them in a backwards order. Oh, and that it will start raining teeth soon because she has lots of loose ones.