Replacing two retained baby teeth with dental implants.
This digital smile makeover illustrates the situation where an adult has two retained baby teeth.
Background
If the permanent tooth that should have replaced a baby tooth is missing, that tooth will not fall out as expected.
When this occurs, it's (very) unlikely that the baby tooth will be able to provide service for the person's for the remainder of their life. It's commonplace that at some point in time plans must be made to remove and replace the retained tooth.
Case issues and concerns:
- As mentioned above, this person looks like they have a full set of teeth but, in reality, the shortest uppers you see in the "before" picture are baby teeth. The permanent teeth (lateral incisors) that were meant to replace them never came in.
- The absence of the permanent teeth has been confirmed by dental x-rays.
- The way this smile looks right now is not offensive but it certainly isn't perfect. Since these short teeth can't be expected to last a lifetime, it's reasonable to make plans for their extraction and replacement solely for cosmetic purposes.
Input from site visitors.
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Tue, 01/21/2014 - 19:35
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My baby teeth lasted into my
My baby teeth lasted into my late 20's when one of them got really loose and had to be removed. i put up with the look for all those years but wish I had had implants placed sooner.
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