How to tell the difference between Baby Tooth and Adult Tooth?
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Your dentist should def. be able to tell the difference between a primary tooth and an adult tooth.  Depending on where it is located and what size it is in comparison to the other teeth.  Some people do not get a permanent tooth in one or more places, thus the baby tooth stays present in the mouth as there is not another tooth under it pushing it out.  The roots on baby teeth resorb so they can get ready to become loose and come out to make way for the adult teeth.  Even though there is not a root present the tooth can still remain in the mouth for several years, sometimes a lifetime if you are careful.  I have seen grown men with a primary tooth still in their mouth.  Maxillary perm molars (upper, back teeth) have three roots, and mandibular perm molars (lower back teeth) have two roots.  Depending on where this tooth is should tell your dentist if it is a primary or permanent tooth.  Some people do have their permanent tooth roots resorb for some reason, in this case if the tooth becomes loose then they would have to have an implant.  I know of a case where this happened to a lady in the dental field, she has excellent home care, it just so happened that a back molar root resporbed leaving the tooth loose, so she had an implant placed.  I am sure there is a way for your dentist to find out one way or another what is going on in your mouth.  Insurance companies can be very picky so don't give up, keep trying.
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They do take a really long time to come out. My dd was without teeth for FOREVER. They take their time. Usually they have to move the ones on the sides over a little bit, so it's hard for them to come through. If you are worried, the dentist can take xrays. \n\nBut I wouldn't worry. :-)\n\nTake lots of pictures because when they come in, it changes their whole face.
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3 year old have baby teeth, adults don't. Adults have have a fully formed self awareness. And jobs.
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32 is the the size of a full set of adult teeth in humans, including wisdom teeth.\n\nBUT: 28 is the number of normal human teeth, not including the third molars (wisdom teeth). \n\nSo I guess if you live long enough you can lose all 32
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contact the british dental hygienist association BDHA they will help you with accurate figures
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Well you can keep your baby teeth if you don't have adult teeth growing in to take their place but usually your suppose to loose them and grow your adult set of teeth. So it all depends
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Here are a couple of links.  Look around more at these sites and you will find even more information.  You can also go to http://www.ada.org and see what you find.\n\nhttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/smiles/fallout.pdf is a great explanation about losing baby teeth.\n\nhttp://www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,5398,00.html
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The baby doesn't have teeth!!!! \n\nWhen it does, the teeth will be white.
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GREAT QUESTION!\n\n1. If you can count to 32, you can number the teeth.\n\n2. If you can count to 10, 20 or 30, you are good for most composite curing procedures.\n\n3. If you can push the start a timer that has been pre-set to 5 minutes, you are golden.\n\n4. This is the tricky one.  If you are trying to determine the length of a tooth that you are doing a root canal treatment on, you will have to understand ratios so that you can compare the actual length of an instrument to the film length of the instrument so you can determine the actual length of the tooth by measuring the film length.  Or, you can use an electronic apex locator and forget about the math.\n\n5. If you are really into it, you can use ratios to determine how much of which tooth should be visible, by using the "Golden Proprotion."  If you can't figure that out, don't worry.  You ought to be able to tell if something looks good or bad anyhow from experience.\n\nLet me tell you.  After 30 years in practice, the last time I used any math in dentistry was for my biostatistics class in dental school.  And even then, the professor declared that it was totally useless for dental students to learn that stuff and he vowed never to teach the class again.  Every now and then, I check the curriculum and they still don't teach biostatistics.\n\nI always wondered why in the heck you needed a year of calculus to get into dental school.  The only thing I ever figured out was that, if you were smart enough to pass calculus, you were smart enough to pass dental school.\n\nOh.  You might want to know how to balance your own checkbook.  :-)\n\nKevin - I never thought of that, because the film insert always tells you how many impulses to use.  But - when you take a license exam, they might ask you to calculate radiation doses of milliamp seconds or something like that.  Simple math.
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they are both healthy..white is only more aesthetically pleasing...cause we've been conditioned that way. go to your dentist and consult about a bleaching kit..only way to whiten.
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Well, first all how old is the child?  If she is 10-12yrs old she problem still has her last baby teeth in the back of mouth.  If this is the case then, yes a new tooth will grow in.  It sounds like this is the case, adult teeth really don't get loose at a young  unless their hygiene is very poor.
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32 teeths(adult)\n28 teeths(child)
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If it's a baby tooth, it's just the way they fall out.\n\nIf it's not a baby tooth, it doesn't have room in the arch.  This is most common with lower premolars (bicuspids) and it is due to taking out a baby tooth too early instead of doing the children's version of root canal treatment.  The tooth usually grows out towards your tongue.  This needs to be evaluated by your dentist to see if it can be corrected or if it should just be removed.\n~
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That is about the normal age.  Generally the first baby teeth a child loses are the 2 front lower teeth (central incisors).  They will soon be replaced by his permanent central incisors.  I bet if you look in the very back of his mouth behind his baby molars on the lower arch you will already see his permanent 1st molars erupting as they are usually the first of the permanent teeth to erupt.  The 1st molars come in behind the baby teeth thus they do not require the loss of a baby tooth to erupt which usually is the reason parents do not notice a child getting them.
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Wait until tomorrow, this is not an emergency.  Nothing will be done at the ER other than wast your time and money.\nHe has hit the tooth hard enough to cause blood to squirt from the pulp of the tooth into the dentin.  Blood has iron and that is why the tooth is changing color. Don't sweat it if it's a baby tooth.  If it is a permanent tooth he may eventually need RCT (but not always) and he may want to have something done to improve the way the tooth looks.\n\nDr. R, DDS
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Human teeth don't grow back. As most mammals, we are diphyodont, that is, we have 2 generations of teeth (milk teeth, and definitive teeth). We change our incisors, canines and premolars once during childhood, and our molars (which have no replacement) grow later and slower (some people never get their 3rd molar). \nSo if you lose your milk teeth, you get a second set; but if you lose your definitive teeth, it means dentures.\n\nOther vertebrates are polyphyodont (or oligophyodont), that is, they have multiple generations of teeth and constantly replace them.
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My guess would be that your teeth are loose due to bone loss rather than a too long tongue.  There are usually periodontal problems present when adults have loose teeth.