Son with Extra Tooth

It's quite possible that he won't have the extra tooth come in as a permanent one. Or it's possible that he does...I believe the only way to know for sure is that you'll have to wait until he gets old enough for the permanent ones to form above the baby ones and then have him xrayed...and I think that doesn't happen until atleast the age of 6 or 7 yrs. As for the overbite--again, you really can't tell how severe it's going to be until he gets older. The school notified me that our oldest was 'detected to have an extreme overbite and deepset lower jaw...orthodontic work is highly recommended to begin immediately'. She was 8. I took her to my own family ortho and was informed that he absoltutely will not even look at a child's mouth for orthodontic work until they reach 14 yrs--they're still growing and their bodies are still changing. Praying all goes well for you both!

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im a dental assistant and i worked for an oral surgeon. If its not bothering him then they will wait until he looses his baby teeth in a couple of years. He may have an extra tooth come in when he gets his adult teeth. If he does they will more in likely pull it. We had a bunch of people come in and get there extra tooth pulled. I would wait until his baby teeth fall out:) as long as its not bothering him.

No experience in this. But, why can't they pull it now to avoid any future problems? I understand the thought of this may be traumatic and its a semi-major dental procedure. But, as someone who suffered major dental work for straight teeth and an overbite, one day of pulling a tooth really beats years of a mouth expander and braces! I would think pull it if it could shorten the time worn or totally free him of braces!
If an adult tooth is going to come in behind it, they could monitor this on x-rays to take it out before it comes in. Some kids have extra baby teeth though, so, I'm gonna guess this is what's going on with your son.

My son had an extra tooth and they "watched it" and as he got older they were able to do x-rays to see how his adult teeth were forming to be sure that he had the right amount of teeth. When his baby teeth started falling out we had the extra tooth removed. He also had a crowding problem, we met with 2 orthodontist who had two very different suggestions. One wanted to go in and remove the remaining baby teeth and possibly a couple of adult teeth and put him in braces. The second suggested expanding his jaw with a retainer. After talking it over with his doctor he agreed with the second too, to try to keep all his teeth and make room for them. If this failed we always had plan B. After the retainers it seemed to work his mouth is definitely less crowded, his teeth are not perfectly straight but we can always pursue braces at a later date, but he is a boy. Hope this helps.

My daughter has an extra tooth. it's fused to another of her teeth. Our pediatric dentist said there's really nothing he can do about it. He did state that he could pull it, but he would have to pull both teeth. We decided to take the wait and see approach. If it starts to cause her problems, then we'll discuss having it pulled.
I would think that if you wanted it pulled, a pediatric dentist could do it. There's no way of knowing, right now, if he'll have an extra adult tooth as well. Our dentist told me that you can't see the adult teeth in the jaw bone until kids are older, I think around 5.

My son has an extra tooth that's actually fused to his incisor. It came in attached to the normal tooth. The dentist said they wouldn't do anything for it while he still has all his baby teeth. X-rays showed that he has an extra tooth with his adult teeth and that it's attached as well. So far, it isn't affecting his bite and it doesn't bother my son. The dentist said once the adult teeth come in, we could pull the extra tooth (I'm not sure how you pull one that's fused to a normal tooth) for aesthetic reasons, but if it's not bothering my son, I'm going to leave it alone.

My child also has an extra tooth...either that or she has one "T" shaped tooth, I'm not sure, but one tooth has what appears to be another one behind it and perpindicular to it. We haven't been to a dentist yet but her pedi. doesn't seem to concerned about it. Maybe this isn't so uncommon? In our case, I'm sure she got it from her daddy's side. =)