The best time to remove retained milk teeth needs to be judged by the situation in the mouth, for those that will cause malocclusion, they need to be removed as early as possible. For congenital missing permanent teeth, they can be retained temporarily.
1. Early extraction. Stagnant milk teeth, if there is a corresponding permanent teeth, may cause malocclusion and ectopic eruption of permanent teeth, at this time you need to extract the stagnant milk teeth as soon as possible, and if it causes malocclusion in the later stages of life, you need to orthodontics to align the teeth.
2. Temporary retention. Milk teeth treatment can also be seen in the congenital absence of permanent teeth, there is no permanent teeth eruption and its replacement, at this time can be retained retained milk teeth, to prevent displacement of the front and back teeth, to be completed after the completion of growth and development, when considering denture restoration and then extracted.
The best time to remove retained milk teeth depends on the condition of the mouth, which needs to be determined after checking in the hospital.