What to do if there is a gap between the front teeth? Countermeasures for children's front teeth gaps

When children reach around 6 years old, their deciduous teeth will fall out one after another, and then permanent teeth will continue to appear. Some babies have large gaps between their front teeth. Mothers should pay attention to this and take their babies for oral examinations in time. If necessary, the baby's teeth can be corrected.

1. During this stage, some parents find that there is a gap between the two newly grown upper front teeth of their children, and some are even in the shape of a figure eight. They are very worried that their children's front teeth will be

The child's teeth are damaged, so he is asked to be treated by a doctor. In fact, in most cases, no treatment is needed.

2. Since the eruption of permanent teeth has a certain time sequence, the maxillary central incisor (commonly known as the upper front teeth) erupts at the age of 6-9, and the lateral incisor (beside the front teeth) erupts at the age of

The tooth on the side of the baby's uterus erupts between the ages of 7 and 11. The middle gap appears in the early stage of the eruption of the upper incisors. Sometimes it is caused by the lateral incisor tooth germ squeezing the upper incisor root during the eruption process.

As long as the lateral incisor next to it erupts, the gap will disappear naturally; some gaps are caused by the permanent incisor erupting towards the labial side, which increases the width of the dental arch, but the alternation of deciduous and permanent teeth

When the permanent teeth are larger than the deciduous teeth, the gap between the front teeth can just compensate for the difference. In addition, when the deciduous molars fall off, the first permanent molars tend to move forward. This trend can make

The gap between the front teeth gradually closes, so the gap between the front teeth of children in the "ugly duckling stage" is only temporary and will generally adjust on its own during growth and development, and does not require correction.

3. Of course, the gap between the front teeth of children may also be caused by special reasons such as supernumerary teeth or too low attachment of the upper lip frenulum. After examination by a dentist,

, which can be solved by extracting supernumerary teeth or performing upper lip frenulum repair surgery.

When the permanent dentition period comes, if there is still a gap between the front teeth, orthodontic treatment is needed. At this time, in addition to the low attachment of the labial frenulum of the central supernumerary teeth, there are also

It may be caused by congenital loss of individual teeth, macroglossia or other reasons. Through symptomatic treatment, the gap between the front teeth can be closed.