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My son is 5 yrs old, has yet to lose his central incisors (bottom two teeth) and it feels like he has two coming in behind it. is this normal?
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Yes: There is a wide variance in eruption patterns among children. Lower centrals start to erupt at 5 1/2 years, give or take a few months, so your child seems fine. By this age he should have already been to see a dentist several times... Have his dentist monitor his dentition.
Answered 3/5/2015
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Very common: Lower front teeth commonly erupt behind the baby teeth; as they erupt the tongue muscle tends to push them out and helps to loosen the baby teeth. Usually happens with girls around 5 1/2, boys a little slower. If the adult teeth come in without displacing the baby teeth, the baby teeth will need to be extracted.
Answered 3/5/2015
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Common but...: This needs to be evaluated in person by your dentist if he/she treats children of this age or by a Pedodontist (Children's dentist). While everything might be quite normal and no treatment or intervention is needed, sometimes the baby teeth need to be removed if the permanent teeth are erupting too far lingually and the permanent teeth are not loosening up enough.
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Premature eruption: Not abnormal, some children will get their teeth earlier while others later. It is normal.
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