Not asking medical advise, just general question to our dentist friends here.
1) Based on what I understand canine / cuspid shed and erupt before first premolar, but how come the schedule on the chart shows that first premolar is 1 year ahead of canine?
2) If a 10 1/2 year old girl has only 1 upper baby canine start getting wiggly, but not the other, and the X ray get the orthodontist / dentist concerned, and want to pull both of them out (to keep things balance), does it sound too early? or depends on whether the X ray shows the angle of the permanent canine starts going down straight or not (what is the typical schedule)? or whether the canine and its neighboring first premolar are blocking each other? What would be the typical time when it is concerning to the dentist / orthodontist to have baby canine pulled instead of letting them naturally fall out?
3) If I have a recent X ray and want a 2nd opinion from another pediatric dentist / orthodontist, can I request the x-ray from the prior dentist copied / transferred over? Not really a $ concern but rather radiation exposure minimization.
Baby Teeth Eruption Charts - American Dental Association
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1) Based on what I understand canine / cuspid shed and erupt before first premolar, but how come the schedule on the chart shows that first premolar is 1 year ahead of canine?
2) If a 10 1/2 year old girl has only 1 upper baby canine start getting wiggly, but not the other, and the X ray get the orthodontist / dentist concerned, and want to pull both of them out (to keep things balance), does it sound too early? or depends on whether the X ray shows the angle of the permanent canine starts going down straight or not (what is the typical schedule)? or whether the canine and its neighboring first premolar are blocking each other? What would be the typical time when it is concerning to the dentist / orthodontist to have baby canine pulled instead of letting them naturally fall out?
3) If I have a recent X ray and want a 2nd opinion from another pediatric dentist / orthodontist, can I request the x-ray from the prior dentist copied / transferred over? Not really a $ concern but rather radiation exposure minimization.