When you hve your baby (milk) teeth, are there more than one adult tooth lined up behind it?

I am 33 but I have 2 baby teeth still in my mouth. One of them has recently become wobbly. The adult teeth that were meant to come through when I was a child actually csme through the roof of my mouth and were removed. I am wondering if there is another adult tooth breaking through causing my tooth to wobble. The other baby tooth I have is fixed firm with no sign of a wobble. My husband said he read somewhere that you have more than one adult tooth lined up behind baby teeth, I have never heard this before. Any dentists out there??

When you hve your baby (milk) teeth, are there more than one adult tooth lined up behind it?
Because the roots on your baby (primary) teeth are short, they can become loose when your are an adult. Sometimes a primary tooth will stay placed well into your 40's, but it is unlikely that a primary tooth will stay in place for life.





If you had the permanent tooth removed when you were a child, then there will not be another tooth there to take the place of the primary tooth. However, to be sure, you should have an x-ray taken at your dentist's office. They will be able to determine your individual situation.





I'm not sure what your husband read, but you have 20 primary teeth and 32 permanent so it is correct to say that you have more than one adult tooth lined up behind the baby teeth. Here is some more information on that: http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/a...





Hope this helps!
Reply:normally its only one tooth but my brother had a crushed set of teeth between milk teeth and adult teeth which had to be removed to let adult teeth through.
Reply:I was always under the impression there was only one set of adult teeth. The same sort of thing happened to me. I had an adult tooth come through while the baby tooth was still in place. It came through sort of next to it. Eventually the baby tooth fell out (it took ages though!!!) and I was lucky enough that the adult tooth sort of fell into the right position without a brace or anything. Ok, this doesn't help you much does it? Sorry!
Reply:More then likely you only have one set of premenant teeth. If the baby tooth is getting loose you need to talk to a dentist about your options. You can get a bridge which puts crown on the two teeth on each side of the one that is missing and then there is a fake tooth for the missing one and it is all connected. The other option is an implant. That is the better choice because then you don't have to mess with any other teeth. A bridge costs about 1000 depending on where you live. The whole implant procedure from implant to crown is about 2000 again depending where you live. But the implant will last 100% longer then a bridge. The life span of most bridges are about 10-15 years then there may be decay getting under them and then they would need to be replaced...Good Luck
Reply:No you only have one set of adult teeth.





I was 18 before i had to have my baby teeth pulled out as like you my adult teeth started to grow above my baby teeth on my gums! i had my baby teeth removed and some of my adult teeth and then got a brace so that now all my teeth are in line.





I dont get why the dentist left your baby teeth in... he should have removed them and X-rayed you to see if theres anymore adult teeth that have not yet come into place.





But no theres only one set of adult teeth your baby tooth was probably slightly loose anyway and doesn't really need another adult tooth to push it out. (but if its anything like mine even if its loose it wont fall out)
Reply:They are not baby teeth.
Reply:My eye teeth R still baby teeth I am 27......You only have one set of adults and if they pulled yours out you will just lose those baby teeth and have gaps. You can have a fake tooth screwed in. Mine are sitting up in my jaw sideways .. they saw them on an X-ray when I was 20. They said eventually the baby teeth will fall out or rot out because they have no root to hold them in like adult teeth do. Mine wiggle but thank god they havent fell out yet....GOOD LUCK SWEETY! If it falls out go get a fakey put in.



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