| Subject | Date Asked |
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| Teething after all teeth are in | 11/19/2009 |
Q: My 28 mo. old daughter is frequently putting objects in her mouth to chew on. She recently started ...
A: as you have written about an extra cusp, just make sure that this is not the cause of discomfort, ...
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| frenectomy | 11/14/2009 |
Q: My 12 year old daughter is undergoing correction of her incisors (protrusion)by braces which have ...
A: Sometimes frenum is fibrous and causes midline diastema and frenectomy is needed to remove that so ...
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| Caps for 3 and 5 year old | 11/13/2009 |
Q: My children had their first dentist visit. I was told my three year old son had 10 cavities and need ...
A: Upper front central teeth comes at about 7 years of age with variation of 6 months. Many a times the ...
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| 4 yr old and cavities | 11/12/2009 |
Q: I just took my son that is 4 to a pediatric dentist. He told me and showed me that my son has two ...
A: these procedures are recommended at that stage and yes if left untreated, this can lead to harmful ...
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| 3-yr old cavities | 11/9/2009 |
Q: Daughter just turned 3 years old so brought her for first check-up. Dentist says 4 cavities so bad ...
A: if cavities have been diagnosed, they have to be treated at earliest otherwise root canal treatment ...
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| 2yr old extraction | 10/28/2009 |
Q: my grandson fell and chipped 1 front tooth ...the dentist recommended putting a cap on it ...he was ...
A: Unless teeth are very mobile or pushed inside gums due to injury, there is no reason for extraction. ...
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| Toddler Front Tooth Loose | 10/26/2009 |
Q: My 2.5 year old hit her face on a marble top table today, she was bending down to pick up something ...
A: consult a pedodontist at earliest. Injury to milk tooth can result in damage to underlying ...
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| Milk tooth not erupting | 10/22/2009 |
Q: My 21 month old daughter has not had a lower lateral incisor come through on one side. Her others ...
A: there are high chances of absence of permanent tooth if milk tooth is absent. But please confirm the ...
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| no tooth enamel | 10/17/2009 |
Q: My 5 year old daughter has recently lost her 2 bottom front teeth.Her adult teeth are just growing ...
A: this happens in case of enamel hypoplasia. It is a developmental disorder and nothing much can be ...
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| Root Canal | 10/13/2009 |
Q: My 10yr old daughter came off her bike and knocked one of her top front teeth completely out. It was ...
A: The sequence of treatment is quite fine, however success rate depends on the time gap between the ...
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| spacer | 10/11/2009 |
Q: Our pediatric orthodontist wants to put a spacer in my daughters mouth to make room for her adult ...
A: i think you are describing an expansion appliance. The selection of appliance is very much case ...
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| Healthy Tooth Extraction for 6-year-olds | 10/1/2009 |
Q: My children, both 6 years old, have lost all four of their bottom incisors. I have been told they ...
A: What i can understand with your explanation is that serial extraction procedure has been planned for ...
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| Baby tooth intruded into gum | 9/29/2009 |
Q: My almost 18-month old fell today and one of the lower incisors was pushed into his gum. I brought ...
A: re-eruption of the intruded tooth can occur that means pushed tooth can come out of its own over a ...
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| one tooth missing! | 9/27/2009 |
Q: My son will be two in about 4 weeks. He was a late teether for primary teeth but on time for his ...
A: The tooth you have mentioned usually erupts at about 10-12 months of age. If its counterpart on ...
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| My son broke his tooth. | 9/27/2009 |
Q: Ashish, My son Anirudh who is 3.5yrs old broke his front tooth(milk tooth) while playing. We are ...
A: First you have to make sure that tooth is broken or intruded (pushed inside). Second condition is ...
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| my 18month old son | 9/26/2009 |
Q: my 18month old son has holes in all 4 of his back teeth that have just come throught will they need ...
A: Yes, these cavities should be treated at earliest otherwise they will increase in size and can reach ...
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| dead root | 9/22/2009 |
Q: MY child fell and broke his 2 front teeth one broke 1/2 way and the other broke like less than 1/2 ...
A: If permanent teeth are broken and tooth has become non-vital (dead) then root canal should be done ...
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| white spots | 9/21/2009 |
Q: , he brushes his teeth all the time . he does drink alot of milk though. what could be causeing ...
A: you haven't mentioned when did you first notice the spot. If you have noticed the spot recently then ...
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| under-bite problem | 9/21/2009 |
Q: My 11 year old son has been diagnosed with an underbite problem. one doctor suggested surgical ...
A: Bharali, open bite is the word i think you are trying to mention. If only surgical option is there ...
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| how to turn the palatal expander? | 9/20/2009 |
Q: My son (8 yrs old) has the crossbite. The treatment from his orthodontics include 2 phases. Phase 1: ...
A: duration of palatal expander is not fixed. It changes according to severity of cross bite and age of ...
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| RE: 13 month old's upper teeth | 9/17/2009 |
Q: I have a 13 month old who's top four teeth have thining of the enamel. I took him to a dentist and ...
A: As per your description there can be two reasons for this condition. One which is more common is ...
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| Child Molar? | 9/17/2009 |
Q: I have 4 year old boy that seems to be getting a molar. Is this normal? He was just seen by a ...
A: Mr Billie, its not common to have teeth at that age because milk/baby teeth(primary dentition ...
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