My 6-year-old son is missing 15 permanent teeth. Is there information about any syndrome associated with this?
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I'm going to apologize for the other rude answers.  If they had any common sense they would know that most 6 year olds don't lose 15 baby teeth by the time they are 6.  I wish I could help you with an answer but, I'm at a loss.  My six year old is missing one permanent tooth on the bottom.  She hasn't lost her baby tooth in that spot yet but the exrays showed that she doesn't have one to come in behind it.  The dentist told me it just happens in some children.  But, I can't imagine that it would "just happen" with 15.  There has to be something else associated with it.  I'll try to find out for you and I'll post it on here if I do.  I'm sorry to hear about your son's missing teeth.  May God bless you and your family.\n\n\nI found some...\n\nDown's Syndrome\nWilliams Syndrome\nWitkop Tooth and Nail Syndrome\nStevens Johnson Syndrome\nWolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome\n\nI hope this helps!\nHave a nice evening.
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normal...no, but like i explained in aother answer, extra teeth are created by epithelial pearls. the epithelial pearls come from the degeneration of the dental lamina in your mouth when your were a foetus. usually the destruction is complete, but in your case, i guess the destruction wasnt done well. (cause by traumatism?)
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Could be a number of things already mentioned here.\n\nBaby teeth don't always fall out before the age of 10...My nephew is 12 and still has about 5 or 6 baby teeth. Baby teeth can fall out a few at a time as the bigger adult teeth coming through behind them pushes them out of the way.\n\nAs you don't eat a lot of sweet things..do you make sure that you floss and brush properly?\nIf not then start and don't let up.\n\nGet your mum to take you to the dentist at the earliest you can to rule out any gum disease.\n\nMy dad brushed his teeth all the time but developed a gum disease called Pyorrhea and his teeth fell out when he was 17.\n\nSo get to the dentist before you have NO teeth left!
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The eruption of teeth in a child vary just like the age at which a child takes his or her first steps.  I wouldn't be alarmed at this point.
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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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Have u seen a dentist? My husband is 30, and I took him to the dentist last year. He still had one of his baby molars.
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Don't let brushing be an option for him... make it a requirement... even if you have to stand over him and watch him brush his teeth.  If he doesn't brush in the morning, then take all soda, sweets, candy and junk food away from him for the day.  If he doesn't brush at night, then take the same thing away from him for the next day.  Kids hate to be deprived of those things... he'll come around.
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Not sure of the markup. BUT, my dad had this problem and his Dentist, being an honest man, told my dad to just Bite his teeth together real tight for about 1 minute before going to sleep and it worked. Just have to remember to do it.
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Do not remove them.They'll be no harm to your baby.Your friend is trying to be creative but doesn't know how.Can you ask her to explain why?.If it makes you feel better,ask your dentist.I am registered dental assistant,with the experience of 12 years.
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There are 32 teeth in the adult dentition and 20 teeth in a child's dentition.  Keep in mind that occasionally there are extra teeth known as supernumerary teeth or sometimes teeth are never formed.. the most common are one or more of the wisdom teeth.  The easiest way is to go to the dentist and have him or her "count" your teeth and take x-rays.  That way, you know for sure which ones you have and which ones you don't.
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Even though you wrote quite a bit (for Yahoo) it is quite inadequate for forming hypotheses about probable cause.\nYour tooth affair may be coincidental (no pun intended) and have nothing to do with this strange development.  If you have mercury tooth fillings, try having them removed -- results from that take time.  An MSM supplement helps.\n\nSAMe may help.\n\nBut your case is so interesting to medical people that you should easily find some University Hospital willing to take it up for free.\n\nIt calls for detailed investigation.  Just as a weird police case does.  Not appropriate at all to jump to conclusions or try to solve it on the first day.\n\nSounds like they are 'throwing medicines' at it right now, so I would not delay.\n\nThere are many natural treatments, even for weird things.\n\nMake sure your doctor is very smart and in the 40--60 year old range, and that there is consultation with a neurologist.\n\nBoth of them will want to know what kind of work you have done leading up to this, as well as ANY other weird events in your life.  Did you fall on your head, take drugs, live in Bolivia, etc?  The list goes on....\n\nBest I can do for ya, pal.  I hope it helps.
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BABY?  Did you say Baby?\n\nYou can't extrapolate your babies teeth to your adult dentition.  In fact that's what you want.  GAPS\n\nLot's of gaps, the more gaps the better.  \n\nGaps signify a growing maxilla and mandible.  Growth? you ask?\n\nYes growth.  The adult teeth are way bigger than the baby teeth.  Dentists look for gaps as an indicator that your child will have fewer problems moving into their adult dentitions.  For now,  Don't sweat the gaps\nGaps are good.\n\nHope it puts your mind at ease about gaps.
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well it varies from person 2 person but most children start losing there teeth around 4-7 years of age.  I remember losing my first baby teeth and i wuz around 6 years old...hope that helps...
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DO NOT GET A BITE APPLIANCE MADE FOR A YOUNG CHILD!!!\n\nI can not state emphatically enough that you should never, ever consider getting (or making) an appliance to stop tooth grinding in a five year old.  This would stop proper growth and development of the jaw where the appliance is worn.\n\nIt is my opinion that baby teeth are designed to be worn away as the jaws grow and develop.  This allows for different growth rates and it allows for the accommodation of the permanent teeth with their much more pronounced cusp forms when they start to come in.\n\nYou may wish to ask your dentist to check for underlying problems, but 99% of the time - if not more - this is just part of being a five year old.
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ok.. so in the past, our smart ancestors needed all those teeth. as one of my colleagues has said, they needed to chew hard food and be crunching on those bones, meat and so on. but that's not it although they had large jaws (which in due time and evolution shrinked) they also didn't have toothpaste!!! so, their teeth would decay in time, and they would do anythg to get rid of those ones that pained them much (like bang it to a tree so that it falls, and or chew on a large apple so that tooth is stuck on it, w/o going to doctor to fix a small decay. so they would end up losing most of their teeth at the age of 18. but that was ok for they would have extra fantastic 4 to the rescue.\n\nnow, since we have toothpaste, and dentists and loads of other stuff to protect our teeth, our jaws shrunk and we were in all ways cooking food and not crunching on big nuts like desperate fools, rather use special tools to break nuts & so on. so, we proected our teeth, and eventually we don't need those extra four... which are a surplus extra by all means, and they would hurt our mouth when they come out... so BYE BYE ADDITIONAL MOLARS! OUCH!
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no not complete i dont have wisdom teeth and stil have 3 milk teeth though am 24. not joking
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Well compared to a humans lifespan we are only baby's for a short period of time.  After a certain age we need stronger teeth(adult teeth) to help digest all of the harsher stuff we eat as adults for the rest of our lives.  Some individuals such as myself have been blessed with extra teeth (3rd) a condition called freakishly "shark teeth" (because shark have 3 sets) that are still in my gums waiting for me to loss the tooth above it to come up. I am over 20, lost a tooth recently and the 3rd one came up! Cool for me!