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- From: lauraf@classy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Laura Floom)
- Subject: Re: Crooked baby teeth
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.162319.23644@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
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- References: <LOWRY.92Nov17130520@rotor.watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 16:23:19 GMT
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- In article <LOWRY.92Nov17130520@rotor.watson.ibm.com> lowry@watson.ibm.com (Andy Lowry) writes:
- >I'm wondering if anybody has definitive information on whether crooked
- >baby teeth should be a concern? Lindsay's teeth seem to be coming in
- >a bit out of whack. I've read, in material about thumb-sucking, that
- >concerns about it causing crooked (permanent) teeth are generally
- >unfounded unless the thumb-sucking continues to a fairly advanced
- >stage. So this makes me think I shouldn't be concerned (Lindsay did
- >suck her thumb, but she seems to have stopped recently, at about
- >13mo). But I guess I'm wondering if it isn't possible for the
- >existing baby teeth to "derail" the permanent teeth when they come in
- >later? In any case seeing them come in crooked has made me a bit
- >nervous, so I'd appreciate whatever information anybody has.
- >Thanks!
- >--
-
- One of Jeffreys baby teeth (middle, bottom) came in quite crooked. It is
- rotated about 30 degrees. Both his Pediatrician and my dentist said that it
- is not necessarily an indicator of crooked permanent teeth.
-
- Laura Floom
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