Hi. I am a 19 year old male and I still have 8 of my milk/ deciduous teeth that have not fallen out or been repleced with adult ones. Both my first and secondary molars on my top and bottom jaw remain and have never fallen out. I went to the dentist recently but he said nothing about it and I forgot to mention it at the time. However, he did do an x-ray so I though he might have known. Now I do not know whether this is a problem or not. I have an odd camel-like shaped face and its wide at the bottom all the way around. I was wondering if the remaining teeth could be the reason for my protruding jawline and face. I have read a lot about people having problems with their wisdom/third molars and having them extracted, but cannot find anything much on remaining first and secondary molars, especially at my age. I cant really feel any noticeable pain but was wondering if this would cause further complications later on in life. Please help me. Thanks
Hello and welcome to Chat Doctor, Are you sure that your molars are milk teeth? BECAUSE permanent molars usually erupt at the age of 6 years. As your dentist has done x-ray of the teeth, he could have understood if milk teeth are retained. Chance of molars being not shed is less. Wisdom tooth eruption usually occurs at the age of 18-25 years. Please do wait until it erupts. Get a thorough clinical check up with your dentist and get your maligned teeth corrected. Take care.