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Hello, My son who is now 7 years old lost one his front milk tooth all of a sudden when he was only 5 years! that particular milk tooth was half broken ,it was broken when he fell while playing at the age of 4, after the tooth have fallen another tooth came out immediately which is confirmed as a mesodent by the dentist. The mesodent was extracted at the age of 7 (1 month ago) the issue is permanent tooth is not erupting at that place, xray was taken revealing an impacted supernumerary inside, dentist advice us to wait for 3 months for the eruption of 21, can you suggest anything regarding this issue shall we wait for 3 months?
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According to me there is nothing much we should do in this case. Waiting for 3 months appear enough for now. Will be able to advice you better if you share the current x-ray.
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Hi. Mesiodens should be removed as early as possible because they delay in the eruption of normal permanent tooth. They may also change the direction of these erupting normal permanent teeth. Get an X-ray done to see the condition of normal permanent teeth i.e 11 and 21. And you can wait for some time no issues.
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