Do baby teeth have roots?

Can cavities go to the permanent teeth in children?

Do baby teeth have roots?
yes they do
Reply:Baby teeth do not have any roots.
Reply:yes, all teeth have roots otherwise they'd fall out of your head, but the baby teeth and the permanent are not connected, a cavity can not bore down the root of the baby tooth into a permanent tooth, but a permanent tooth can get a cavity before it is fully in if it is exposed above the gum line at all and is not taken care of
Reply:Baby teeth dont have anything to do with permanent teeth. baby teeth are just there to aid in chewing before the permanent teeth come in. They dont have roots. My son had a cavity in his baby tooth, but now that the baby tooth is out and replaced by a permanent tooth, theres no more cavity
Reply:no they don't if they had roots that would not fall out naturally
Reply:ABSOLUTELY THEY HAVE ROOTS. WHEN YOUR ADULT TEETH START TO COME IN YOUR BODY REABSORBS THE ROOTS AND THAT IS WHY THEY BECOME LOOSE. SOMETIME THEY GET LOOSE AND RE-TIGHTEN, THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE LIGAMENT THAT SURROUND THE ROOTS TIGHTEN UP AGAIN BUT THEN THEY LOOSEN UP AND ALLOW THE PROCESS OF EXFOLIATION TO TAKE PLACE. THE NORMAL SHEDDING OF TEETH. CAVITIES CANNOT GO INTO BABY TEETH HOWEVER IF YOUR CHILD HAS MIXED DENTITION BOTH ADULT AND BABY TEETH, BECAUSE ALL THE BABY TEETH HAVEN'T FALLEN OUT YET, THE DECAY CAN AND WILL TRANSFER TO THE NEW ADULT TEETH. IT IS A MYTH THAT BABY TEETH DO NOT MATTER. YES THEY DO!!!
Reply:Its rare that the cavity would go down to the permanent tooth beneath. They have roots but much shallower than the permanent teeth roots.


If you think your child has a cavity you should consult a dentist .
Reply:Yes absalutely


They are graduall resobred(eaten away) by the


advancing adult teeth.
Reply:yes of course .all baby teeth that is all 20 of them have roots.as mentioned by afew others the roots resorb when the permanent teeth erupts.the baby teeth has got a very important function of space maintenance apart from helping in chewing and esthetics.they do get decayed and have to be restored and it has to be retained in the mouth till the permanent erupts.if the baby tooth gets decayed and become infected there is a chance of the underlying permanent tooth germ to be affected.if the milk tooth is extracted earlier the underlying permanent teeth of the adjacent tooth can erupt into the open space and block the space for the tooth which is supposed to erupt there leading to malocclusion.
Reply:Oh yeah they have roots. When teeth become loose when kids start loosing teeth, it's b/c the root has deteriorated and no longer there.
Reply:Yes, they do have roots, but a cavity can't travel down the root of a baby tooth and into a permanent tooth. However, if your child has cavities, you still have to get them filled, they can still cause a lot of pain if you leave them, and I'm sure you wouldn't want that for your child.
Reply:Yes. The idiots who said they do not are uneducated. When a baby tooth comes out, you will usually not see roots as the permanent tooth caused them to resporb when it was erupting, that is how they get loose. Ask your dentist to show you an xray of some baby teeth and the roots are quite obviously there. Decay in baby teeth cannot go to the secondary ones however, if you do not have it fixed, the tooth can abscess causing pain and this will damage the permanent tooth. If you are concerned, take your child to your family dentist, they should see a dentist by the age of three and every six months there after.



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