Children as young as nine years old may have horse teeth.
1. Horsetooth is a product of the developmental process of tooth germ, and many newborns will have this phenomenon. It is mostly seen in the middle of the palate or around the gums of newborns, and is often manifested as a white hard spot, medically known as the “epithelial bead”, which is a normal physiological phenomenon.
2. horse teeth although commonly known as so, but it is not a tooth, and can not chew food, mostly appeared in the baby about a month after birth, usually a few months will gradually fall off, but there are also a few cases of horse teeth may exist for a long time, so although the likelihood of very small, but nine-year-old children still have a certain possibility of the existence of horse teeth; horse teeth will not generally cause adverse effects, so generally do not need special treatment.
Warm tips: suspect nine-year-old children have horse teeth must go to the hospital for examination, because there is also a certain possibility of other diseases.