What should one do if adult permanent tooth is coming behind milk teeth? – Dr. Raju Srinivas

Baby teeth or deciduous teeth or milk teeth which erupts at the age of 6 months and starts to fall off between the age of 6 years to 12 years. Every teeth have a different eruption time and these teeth are replaced by a new permanent teeth. But sometimes the permanent teeth starts to erupt before the milk teeth fall and they looks like shark teeth. Keep in mind that the shark teeth really aren’t abnormal. Happens approximately between 1 in 10 of the case. Most of the time shark teeth will resolve without intervention. That is the baby teeth will fall out and the new permanent teeth will be replaced. If they don’t assess the situation and remove the lingering baby tooth is next required.