Friday, May 21, 2010

At what age did your LAST tooth fall out?

Besides due to tooth decay etc.

At what age did your LAST tooth fall out?
It is generally accepted that, besides wisdom teeth, the last teeth to come out do so around age 11-12. However, there is a large range for this, and there are several reasons why tooth exfoliation (falling out) is delayed. If you have a tooth that is a primary tooth (baby tooth) that you think should have come out by now, you should go to your dentist and have an x-ray to find out why it hasn't come out. Sometimes 'baby' teeth don't fall out because the person is missing the permanent tooth that would normally come in and take its place. Sometimes the permanent tooth is not in the right location and it can't come down on it's own, so the primary tooth stays in because it's not getting the 'signal' to 'move out of the way'. There are other possible causes of tooth retention as well. Like I said though, there is definitely a range of ages for teeth to fall out, the youngest and oldest in that range would be considered uncommon but not problematic.
Reply:Hmm. My wisdoms! Which were probably at age 18.
Reply:Around 10, I think. I can't even count wisdom teeth because I was born without any haha.
Reply:I lost my last baby tooth my very last day of seventh grade.
Reply:i got my braces about two months before i turned 18 and they had to pull out two of my teeth cos they were still baby teeth.





so i guess i was pretty old to still have baby teeth!
Reply:I wanted braces badly that way I could get it over with, so I pulled 7 of my loose teeth out in one night. Haha [:


I was 11 (:


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