Dental Care: What To Do With Retained Primary Teeth In Adults
Baby teeth, also known as deciduous or primary teeth, typically fall out and are replaced by adult teeth by the time an individual reaches the age of 12 or 13; however, this may not necessarily be the case for everyone. Primary teeth may remain in situ as a result of overcrowding, an obstruction, ankylosis of the primary teeth and numerous other reasons. The retained primary teeth may prevent the adult teeth from erupting, and may stay lodged in the gum tissue.