Reasons for Over-retained Milk teeth in adults

General Dentistry, Milk Teeth

[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_spacer height=”20″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”Reasons for Over-retained Milk teeth in adults” heading_tag=”h3″ alignment=”left” margin_design_tab_text=””] There are three main reasons for over-retained permanent teeth Absence of permanent tooth which was supposed to replace the milk tooth. Change in the eruption path of the permanent tooth. This may lead to either non-eruption of permanent tooth or eruption of permanent…

What is an over-retained milk tooth?

Milk Teeth, Pediatric Dentistry

[vc_row][vc_column][ultimate_spacer height=”20″][ultimate_heading main_heading=”What is an over-retained milk tooth?” heading_tag=”h3″ alignment=”left”] What is an over-retained milk tooth? Milk teeth are supposed to remain in a child’s mouth till a certain age. Each milk tooth is replaced by a permanent tooth usually when the root is formed two-thirds of its final length.  When a milk tooth remains…