My daughter has teeth problems!?!
Question:
My daughter has teeth problems!?
Well my daughter is 13 and she has a little hole in between her 2 teeth... I don't know if this is tooth decay because she doesn't brush her teeth before going to bed and she usually eats sweets before bed....
Please help does she need braces or a filling?!!
PS--About 3 yrs. ago my daughter's adult tooth came in before her baby tooth fell out. The dentist pulled the tooth out but there is a hole where the baby tooth used to be BUT THE ADULT TOOTH IS STILL IN THE BACK AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT!!!
PLEASE HELP
2 months ago
Yes well my daughter has an overbite and the tooth is under her tounge ...her dentist did reccomend braces but thats just not on my budget...
Answers:
It's difficult to know exactly what you mean when you say that there is a hole between your daughter's 2 teeth...could you mean a space? A lot of times decay on front teeth will be very dark in appearance; however, most of the time you cannot diagnose decay unless there is an actual exam and x-rays done.
It does sound like the baby tooth/adult tooth situation may require braces. Did the dentist mention anything to you at the time? This seems to happen a lot when there is a lot of overcrowding and braces are the only way to correct this if it hasn't corrected itself on it's own.
You may be hesitant to go to the dentist for many reasons, but in the long run it will be better to get started now than to wait until more problems could possibly develop.
Good luck.