[net.kids] Baby teeth and roots

slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) (02/06/86)

>       Baby teeth DO NOT have roots. Check it out with a
> pediodontist. Did you ever REALLY look at a baby tooth that
> has fallen out?

Have you ever looked at a baby tooth that has been pulled out?
(As opposed to falling out.)  My daughter had her two baby eye-teeth
pulled for orthodontal work.  They had roots about 1/2 inch long.
Poor thing--we had a good dentist and it didn't hurt to pull them,
but she suffered for about a week afterward.
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                                     Sue Brezden
                                     ihnp4!drutx!slb

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