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The primary teeth save the space for
the permanent teeth. The 20 primary
teeth are replaced by the 20 permanent
teeth. The six year molars, twelve
year molars and the wisdom teeth will
erupt (come in) in the back of the
jaw. The bone will begin to grow around
5 years of age to make room for these
teeth. If a primary teeth is lost
before the permanent tooth is ready
to erupt, other teeth will drift or
tip into the empty space. A lot of
parents think that if baby teeth are
going to fall out, there’s not
a burning reason why they should spend
money and time to maintain their health
because those teeth are not important.
It’s unfortunate, but that’s
the attitude of a lot of parents.
Yet such attitudes pave way to future
troubles, “The primary or the
baby teeth – really set the
stage for the health of the mouth
down the road”. For one thing,
the baby teeth are kind of space maintainers
for the permanent teeth as they come
in. and if you loose the baby teeth
pre-maturely, then sometimes the permanent
teeth don’t have the space they
need to come in and may block out
the spot for the permanent tooth that
replaces the primary tooth. A space
maintainer can save your child’s
smile. They are specially designed
to protect space for your child’s
permanent teeth when baby teeth are
pre-maturely lost. Primary teeth may
be lost early because of decay, crowding,
injury or improper eruption of the
permanent teeth. Most space loss occurs
after the loss of the tooth. This
may continue over the next six weeks
after the loss of the tooth. This
may continue over the next six months.
A space maintainer should be placed
before this loss occurs. Early tooth
loss may cause the permanent tooth
to be delayed in its eruption or to
erupt earlier than expected. Space
maintainers are in inexpensive preventive
measure for healthy dental development.
Made of custom formed metal or plastic,
the space maintainer fills the space
vacated by a lost tooth until the
permanent tooth is ready to come in.
This treatment, sort of an insurance
against braces, is affordable and
much easier on your child than extensive
procedures. |
