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I still have a baby tooth at 19. Should I have this replaced with a dental implant?

January 5th, 2013
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Hello, I am 19 but still have one of my baby teeth, to the left if my two front teeth, is this because I was born without some adult teeth or because it is still yet to come down? What would you recommend the best solution to this would be? I have before just been advised to keep the baby tooth however, I would really prefer to have an adult size tooth there instead of the baby one. I also seem to be missing the tooth to the right of my two front teeth as there is a slight gap between the teeth there (about half the size of a normal tooth but still not big enough even for a baby tooth to be there), as this gap is not big enough for another tooth to fill it yet is quite noticeable does this mean I again have no adult tooth? Would it be possible to ever fill this gap somehow or would my other teeth have to be moved closer together to get rid of the gap or even further apart in order to fit a new tooth in? If the solution for the baby tooth issue would be to get an implant how much would I be expected to pay? And if there was a solution to the gap problem how much roughly would treatment cost in total? Thanks

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