6 Yo's "Big" tooth...is This an Issue? HELP!

My 9 year old has had 3 of the 6 teeth he's lost done that and the other 3 the tooth was almost in as well. His dentist said it wasn't a problem and to just let the baby tooth come out on it's own. It's a pain to get them out because you can't wiggle it back and forth like you would traditionally do. The adult tooth causes the baby roots to disolve just ilke they should and they do eventually fall out. None of the adult teeth were effected, damaged etc. The last O. he had when he was getting his check up and we actually asked if they would pull it since we were there and they really didn't see a reason and just told my son to keep working at it and it would come out. I think it came out a week or 2 later. I am sure some dentists will gladly just say why don't we pull it, it's more money for them and it makes them look like they're being helpful but there really isn't a need unless it looks like there might be some issue. The 2 bottom teeth that were the worst moved into the space where they belong and all is good, they originally came in at a slightly funky angle since they came in behind the other tooth, they were practically halfway in before the baby teeth came out.

Hi, Denise:
The tooth will loosen as the other tooth starts pushing through.
If you want to tie a string around the baby tooth and pull it out, that
will work.

Good luck D.

I wouldn't worry yet....but would definitely keep an eye on them!! My daughter, who just turned five, is in the same kinda situation. (yes she's going through this early, but she got her first primary at 3 mo's) Its sometimes called "shark tooth". As the poster below me said... typically the permanent teeth coming in dissolves the root of the primary and loosens them up, and they come out..... then the permanent teeth will move into place. Sometimes it doesn't happen that way as in my daughters case. Her permanent teeth have came in quite quickly and instead of dissolving the roots the permanent teeth are starting to deflect backwards. The primaries barely seemed loose at all and she was starting to randomly complain that O. or both of her teeth were hurting. Soooo... I called the dentist and got her in last week. She is now scheduled to have the two bottom front primary teeth extracted on Wednesday. I'm kinda nervous, but he explained the process to us and my DD really seems ok with it. The dentist said that once they are removed that they should start moving into place since its still early and she has healthy teeth. *Keeping my fingers crossed*
To give you a bit more info about the situation... I had called the dentist back at the beginning of January and he definitely did not seem worried. He had explained the process of the root dissolving, etc then and told me to keep an eye on them. To have her try and work them and that if she complained of any pain that seemed out of the norm (other than pain from working them or biting into something hard, etc) to call. I also found this article when I first noticed her "shark tooth". http://cyberdentist.blogspot.com/2006/03/permanent-teeth-...

My daughter has a small mouth and all her adult teeth are not going to fit in her mouth. The dentist told me that if at any time a adult tooth is behind a baby tooth and it does not fall out on it's own to go to him and he would have to pull it. He said that a adult tooth and a baby tooth should not be in the same place more than 2 weeks. Leaving the baby tooth in place more than 2 weeks will cause damage to the adult tooth.

So funny! We just went through this with my 6 year old. My daughter lost her first tooth last week, bottom front tooth. The new tooth has already grown out half way, but the baby tooth appeared like it wanted to stay, and wasn't budging at all. Basically I told my daughter to wiggle that baby tooth with her tongue as much as she could remember, and it eventually came out, by itself. If you are worried about it, you can take him to the dentist, and they can advise more. I thought my daughter's tooth was never coming out, but it did before I could take her to the dentist. And now that permanent tooth is coming forward into the place of the baby tooth.

My daughter is 7 and has lost 8 teeth. Two of which also had teeth already coming in before the baby teeth were gone. For us it wasn't a problem. I've seen this with many kids so I suspect it is quite normal, but if you are concerned then bring it up at his next dental visit. Your dentist will know better whether or not anything needs to be done. I'm guessing most times it works its self out.