Dentists emphasize the value of natural permanent teeth
Growing up, children sometimes pretend to be pirates and cover a tooth with a piece of tin foil or a vampire covering front teeth as if they have lost some teeth or had a tooth extraction. Playing aside, how many children receive adequate oral hygiene education to understand the value of their permanent teeth?
Dentists in Essex strive to preserve natural permanent teeth by educating patients and families about their teeth, types of toothbrushes and tooth pastes, dental treatments, and oral hygiene in general. Starting in school, children are already taught about their molars, premolars, canines, and incisors. Besides injury to the teeth in childhood where tooth extraction may be required, children sometimes develop multiple sets of teeth, a rare genetic condition caused by the OSR2 gene. In such cases, permanent teeth may have to be removed.
In the absence of injury, decay or the OSR2 genetic condition, children should develop a healthy set of permanent teeth, with the wisdom teeth being the last to emerge between the age of seventeen and twenty five. Sometimes the jaws can only fit twenty eight teeth and there isn’t room for the wisdoms to grow causing pain and difficulty cleaning. If this occurs, your Essex dentist can take x-rays to identify the roots and growth pattern of the lower and upper wisdom teeth. Tooth extraction is only decided as a last resort as a dental job. If needed, contact your dentist for further information.
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