Does anyone know about teeth ?? My 6 Year Old needs a Fiiling in her back molar.

[SMH13]

Im confused!! My daughter who is 6 has only lost about 5 of her front small teeth, we went to the dentist today and he said that she would need a filling in one of her back teeth. (We are going back for this). He said that it could always be changed to a white one when she was older e.g teenager. I thought that these teeth would fall out ?? Now either he thinks she is older than she is or I am confused! Anyone know about teeth??

[Buenchico]

He's got me confused as well! ;-)
http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/dental-health -your-childs-teeth

Chris

[SMH13]

Your a star Chris, just had a look at the link! He totally confused me! She is tall but she is only 6, thought they would fall out later. Am going to ring tomorrow and check! Thanks

[J9PUR]

Hope this is of help:

1) Children have 20 deciduous (baby) teeth in total and these will all be lost between the ages of approximately 6-12 years old
2) All of these 20 teeth will be replaced by permanent successors.
3) In addition, three permanent molars will grow in each corner of the mouth, to give a full adult complement of 32 teeth.
4) These permanant molars erupt at approximately 6,12 and 18-25 years, with the last one being the 'wisdom' tooth. This is assuming that no teeth are congenitally absent

As your daughter is 6 years old and has lost 5 of her deciduous teeth already, she is quite well advanced in terms of dental development for her age. It is thus likely that she has grown one or more of her first permanent molars behind the deciduous teeth, and it is this tooth that needs to be restored. It is true that when she is older the restoration could be changed to a 'tooth coloured' restoration.

[J9PUR]

PS: If going to phone your dentist, the normal nomeclature is to give letters A-E for deciduous teeth and numbers 1-8 for permanent teeth. Thus the first permanent molar will be a '6'.

[SMH13]

Thank you J9PUR, very helpful.