If you were to look at a childs skull, one that still had its baby teeth, but was at the agge to start losing them, would you see both sets of teeth? Like the adult teeth below the baby teeth? I'm assuming that the adult teeth dont just grow overnight, so they must be under there right? so do little kids skulls have 2 rows of teeth or am i just being silly?
2006-08-06 14:08:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
You would be able to see them, but they would start out minute and develop as the jaw grows.
2006-08-06 14:11:54 · answer #1 · answered by peppermint_paddy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You certainly can see two sets of teeth if you look at an OPG x-ray, which shows the entire upper and lower jaws. The adult teeth will be in various stages of development, as the top of the tooth forms first and as the tooth grows upwards, the root continues to form. Just looking at the skull (assuming a skull with no flesh) you wouldn't see the adult teeth as the are enclosed in the jawbone. But they are there.
2006-08-06 23:10:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When a baby is born they have all of their teeth but they are in the form of buds in the jaw. As a tooth matures it rises to the gums and comes out as a tooth. Underneath the primary teeth the permanent teeth are forming from the bud stage. As they mature they rise grinding down the roots of the primary teeth. Eventually there will be nothing to anchor the primary tooth into place. The tooth is lost and the permanent tooth fills it's place. Children have 20 teeth and adults have 32. Children have no premolars and only two molars. Adults have four premolars and three molars. A child will begin to lose teeth at approx. age 5 -6 and end around 11 -12. hope this helps.
2006-08-06 22:06:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kids have 20 deciduous teeth. The adult teeth that will eventually come in are usually above the baby teeth on the top, and below the baby teeth on the bottom. Kids have stages like 4-6 years, and so on until adolescence when they lose their baby teeth of course and the adult teeth come in. It can be seen on x-rays.
2006-08-06 21:19:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you looked at the actual skull, you probably would not see the permanent teeth, as they are enclosed in the bone. If you looked at an x-ray of the skull, you'd see them all, kind of like you can see the roots of the teeth in my x-ray to the left of this message; down under the bone.
2006-08-06 23:39:35 · answer #5 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr. Sam is correct. You would have to x-ray the skull to see the adult teeth.
2006-08-07 00:22:25 · answer #6 · answered by Kevin H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you would what a cool question it wasn't silly
2006-08-07 04:40:29 · answer #7 · answered by munchie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know, why dont you ask a doctor and find out by your self
2006-08-06 21:12:56 · answer #8 · answered by jose m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋