The concept of “eye” teeth does not relate to medical terminology - it is, rather, a popular term that refers to the upper, and with them, the lower canines. There is an assumption that this name arose due to the proximity of the facial nerve, the impact of which is accompanied by severe painful sensations radiating in the fundus of the eye. Fang extraction is a complex procedure that requires the use of strong painkillers.
Which teeth exactly have such a strange name?
So, the term “eye teeth” is not a medical term. The correct name for these teeth is upper canines. Where did such a strange name come from? The fact is that in the immediate vicinity of the upper fangs there are threads of the facial nerve. When these threads are irritated, very severe pain occurs in the upper part of the face. This pain even extends to the eyes.
When babies' upper canines begin to erupt, pain occurs that makes children cry. Unfortunately, this process takes quite a long time. Removal of eye teeth in adults is also always accompanied by severe pain. In this case, dentists use very strong anesthesia.
From somewhere there are ridiculous rumors that a person can even go blind from the removal of eye teeth. Such cases are unknown to medicine.
Features of growth and difficulties during the teething period
When eye teeth start cutting in, they usually cause a lot of trouble. This process is usually preceded by certain symptoms that indicate the imminent appearance of the first fangs. As mentioned above, their serial number is 3, but due to the greater length of the root, they appear later than the first molars. Eye teeth should grow before 24 months - this is considered normal. It is also worth noting that teeth on the upper jaw usually appear a little earlier than on the lower jaw.
“I, too, when I remember that time when the first fangs began to appear, it makes me shiver. We started viewing them at the age of one and a half years, everything is as it should be. But the child suffered so much even before they arrived. It all started with an eye pain. When we arrived at the therapist, he immediately said that it was teeth coming out and referred me to a dentist. The doctor recommended painkillers and ointment to calm the inflammation. After a few days it became easier, but it was something else..."
Kristina D.R., Nizhny Novgorod, from correspondence on the woman.ru forum
Teething is a test for a child
So, the main signal that fangs are beginning to grow is acute pain. There are often cases when the optic nerve becomes inflamed, causing not only the gums, but also the eyes to hurt. Because the child experiences constant discomfort and pain, he may have restless sleep and increased sensitivity to bright light. For this reason, experts do not recommend long walks during the day during this period. Other symptoms are similar to signs of growth of other teeth, except that in this case the intensity of their manifestation will be several times higher. Among these manifestations are the following:
- high temperature - how many days it can last depends on the individual characteristics of the body and the baby’s immune system, usually 3-4 days,
- excessive salivation
- gingivitis and other inflammatory diseases of the soft tissues of the oral cavity,
- severe swelling of the mucous membrane in the place where the tooth should appear,
- discharge from the nostrils, the appearance of which is caused by increased activity of the salivary glands.
Teething of fangs causes the greatest discomfort and pain.
If the root of a growing tooth touches the optic nerve, the child may cry for no reason. If inflammatory processes occur, conjunctivitis may develop1.
External features of eye teeth
Eye teeth are visually very different from both the front teeth and molars. The eye tooth has only one root. It is relatively long and slightly flattened. The crowns of the eye teeth have two cutting edges located at an acute angle to each other. They also have a slightly flattened shape.
The upper eye teeth are noticeably larger and longer than the lower ones. Their cutting surface is much wider than that of the lower canines.
Nature entrusted these teeth to hold food in the mouth and tear food into pieces.
Comments
My fangs stick out terribly, they seem to be incredibly long, like a vampire's, sticking out and pushed forward. I don’t like it, I’m embarrassed to smile because of them. Tell me, is it possible to somehow correct the situation, maybe file them down?
Marina (01/20/2019 at 08:56 pm) Reply to comment
- Dear Marina. The most correct decision for you will be an orthodontist, who, based on your situation, will select the appropriate corrective device option. If the fangs are healthy, then there is no need to file them down or put a crown on them, for example. Also, most likely it will not be possible to install a veneer, because... in case of significant deviations from the norm, this lining will not be able to solve the problem, and the tooth enamel will have to be greatly ground down, which is completely useless if it is healthy and intact. Consult with several doctors so that you can choose the best solution for your problem.
Editorial staff of the portal UltraSmile.ru (01/23/2019 at 08:24) Reply to comment
The article is useful for understanding those who do not know anything about eye teeth. And this is a simple explanation, fangs around the edges. Do I understand correctly that the eye teeth need to be removed if there is curvature of the fangs?
Peter (01/30/2019 at 08:29) Reply to comment
The child's eye teeth have erupted. How painful it is, I remember how it was when I was a child. Can fangs hurt from time to time and what do you recommend to do so that my daughter stops experiencing pain?
Raisa (01/30/2019 at 08:47) Reply to comment
I'm anxiously awaiting the baby's eye teeth. Two molars came out at the same time. Three days of fever and diarrhea. Viburkol suppositories do not help much. Maybe there are other candles so that they are also not very harmful?
Ekaterina (01/31/2019 at 14:04) Reply to comment
- Ekaterina, you should definitely contact your pediatrician. You can’t just choose candles based on useful tips posted on the Internet. For our part, we try to do only reviews of drugs, but we still insist that readers use them as prescribed by doctors. Especially when it comes to young children.
Editorial staff of the portal UltraSmile.ru (01/31/2019 at 14:21) Reply to comment
Recently, the child’s eye teeth began to appear. The child became restless. He doesn't sleep well at night. The temperature began to rise and diarrhea began. Well, for us it doesn’t last long, only three days.
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Formation of eye teeth in children
Children's milk teeth erupt in a strictly defined sequence. Each tooth is waiting its turn to appear in the baby’s mouth.
Children's eye teeth begin to erupt only after all the incisors and first molars have appeared. The upper canines begin to erupt first. This usually happens at the age of one and a half years. The lower canines begin to appear when the baby is 20 months old.
This delay is explained by the fact that the roots of the eye teeth penetrate into the depths of the bone tissue much deeper than the other teeth.
During eye teething, children experience more than just pain. Most of them experience a slight increase in body temperature. Running noses and even swelling in the oral cavity often occur. Young mothers often perceive all this as a child’s illness. Meanwhile, this is a completely natural, albeit unpleasant, process. It cannot be any other way, because at this time the gums next to the baby’s teething teeth become inflamed.
Only in the rarest cases can babies experience coughing, diarrhea and even vomiting at this time. However, these are symptoms of another random disease that has nothing to do with the appearance of eye teeth.
Indications for GZ extraction
Removal of permanent fangs is carried out in the following cases:
- in the presence of a pathology in the growth of dental units, which may subsequently affect the bite;
- the tooth is incorrectly positioned in the row, interfering with the eruption of “neighbors”;
- the erupting unit is irregular in shape or large in size.
It is important to understand that after extraction the chewing load will be redistributed differently, and this may subsequently affect the health of the remaining teeth. That is why dentists rarely recommend removing such units without good reason. An alternative is to grind down the uneven part of the tooth and install braces.
So, in dental practice, dental teeth are usually called the canines of the upper and lower jaws. Due to their anatomical features, such teeth erupt extremely painfully and cause both children and adults a lot of inconvenience.
To facilitate the process of “birth” of these units of the dentition, patients are prescribed symptomatic treatment (local and systemic painkillers, antipyretic drugs). You can buy special devices for babies in pharmacies - teethers. Permanent gastrointestinal tracts are removed extremely rarely if there are serious indications.
How to ease the baby's suffering?
It is impossible to ensure completely painless eruption of eye teeth. However, you can help your baby in several ways.
A light massage of the gums slightly dulls the pain. In any case, this stops the kids from crying. To do this, you need to gently stroke the gum just above the eye tooth for a couple of minutes. This massage can be done two to three times a day.
Now pharmacies sell special teethers. Before using, keep them in the refrigerator for a while. These simple products are filled with distilled water. If the baby bites through the shell, then nothing bad will happen.
You can dull the pain with the help of anesthetic gels Dentinox, Kalgel or Kamistad. They begin to act a few minutes after application to the gums.
If the baby’s nose is stuffy during the teething of the eye teeth, then in this case it is worth using drops of Otrivin, Nazivin or Quix. They tend to constrict blood vessels. It also happens that the body temperature of babies rises to 38 degrees or higher. In this case, you have to resort to antipyretic children's drugs paracetamol or ibuprofen. They are available in the form of syrups or candles.
If the baby is having too much trouble with the teething of the eye teeth, then in such a situation it is better to call a pediatrician at home.
How to choose a teether
In pharmacies you can find miniature ergonomically shaped structures made of silicone, latex, rubber and plastic. It is noteworthy that there are universal models, as well as those that are intended exclusively for civil protection.
Requirements for such products:
- safety (it is better to purchase teethers from well-known brands);
- It is better to refuse products that are too small or, conversely, too large - they are extremely inconvenient to use.
Pharmacy teethers made of latex, plastic, rubber make it possible to facilitate the process of “giving birth” to a child’s fangs.
Eye teeth in teenagers
The permanent lower eye teeth are formed at the age of 9-10 years. The upper fangs appear after 1-2 years.
In a healthy child, the formation of permanent eye teeth is painless. If this process is accompanied by pain, then this indicates a serious problem. This usually happens if diseases of the oral cavity occur, such as gumboil, pulpitis, periodontitis or other inflammatory processes. In such a situation, you should not try to get rid of the problem yourself. The most you can do is take a painkiller and immediately go to the dentist.
Removing eye units is challenging
Not only teething, but also the removal of fangs, and even their absence, cause certain difficulties. For example, the procedure for removing fangs itself is considered quite difficult; after it, severe swelling, pain, the development of an inflammatory process, and even deterioration of vision are possible if the optic nerve is damaged (due to traumatic removal or complications during the recovery period after the procedure). And the absence of “eye teeth” and their untimely restoration can make it difficult to pronounce certain sounds, which will impair diction and speech.
Removing fangs is a rather complicated procedure.
Also, do not forget that the fangs are located in the frontal zone of the smile, so their absence will directly affect the aesthetics of the entire face. In addition, it is the canines that serve as excellent support for the orbicularis oris muscle; if they are missing, the muscle around the mouth will become flabby and increase age.
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How dentists count teeth: arrangement and numbering principles
Each dental unit has its own functions, depending on its structure and location on the jaw. Thus, incisors are designed for biting off pieces of food, canines help to hold hard food and “tear off” stubborn pieces, premolars are needed for primary processing, and dense “plump” molars are designed for thoroughly chewing and grinding food. The order of the teeth in the mouth, accordingly, will be as follows: on each jaw there are four incisors, two canines, four premolars (two on each side) and six molars (three on each side).
In dentistry, tooth numbers are assigned according to their location on the jaw and function. Since the incisors and molars are located symmetrically on the right and left, the count starts from the middle of the row, that is, from the central incisors and further to the right and left. If we divide this row into two halves and start counting on one of them, we get: two incisors (teeth numbers 1 and 2), a canine (3rd number), two premolars (4th and 5th), three molar (6th, 7th and 8th, the last one being the wisdom tooth). These are the names and numbers of teeth that are universally accepted in dentistry.
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But if you simply say “sixth tooth,” then how can you understand whether it is upper or lower, and on which side of the jaw – left or right – it is located? To eliminate confusion in this matter, it is customary to designate a person’s teeth by numbers, indicating the segment of the jaw on which they are located. The segments are considered as follows: the upper right is the first and is indicated by a ten in front of the number of a particular tooth (for example, the 11th is the central right upper incisor, the 16th is the upper right molar, next immediately after the premolars, etc.), the upper left - twenty. Accordingly, the lower left is designated by thirty, and the lower right by the number 40. That is, the segments of the jaws are numbered clockwise, this makes it much easier to remember the order and, if necessary, count.
Thus, the notorious 48th number indicates the location of the wisdom teeth in the lower right segment of the jaw. And insisting on removing the 48th dental unit, the dentist simply indicates what number the wisdom tooth has in the lower right, and does not inform the patient about the supernumerary teeth that came from nowhere in the mouth.
Why does a tooth ache under a filling?
The filling, placed several years ago (6-7), could be pressed through and deteriorate under the influence of external factors. The tooth will hurt if the pulp is alive and the position of the filling is disturbed. Pain also occurs in the following cases:
- Pain after a short period of time after seeing a doctor is most likely a medical error, for example, the canal was not cleaned well enough, there is still an infection inside, an instrument broke during the procedure;
- Pain after a long time after seeing a doctor is a violation of the seal of the old filling.
In any case, you cannot get rid of such an illness on your own. Contact your dentist in a timely manner so as not to start an inflammatory pathological process.
Why does a dead tooth hurt suddenly?
Many people believe that a dead tooth cannot hurt? But what does the expression “dead tooth” mean? This is a tooth with dead or removed pulp. Yes, due to periodontitis, the nerve dies, but remains inside the pulp, which is why it begins to decompose over time. From there, the pus goes to the root, causing the surrounding tissue to become inflamed. This is how acute pain occurs.
There are several reasons why a dead tooth becomes especially sensitive (due to complications) before and after treatment:
- Low-quality treatment and cleaning of dental canals;
- Medical violations when placing a filling: the edges of the filling extend too far beyond the root;
- Not all tooth canals have been cleaned, some of them are missed or not completed;
- Allergy to the material from which the filling is made
It is important to understand that tooth disease after treatment is a normal and natural process. It is called post-filling syndrome, which lasts for several weeks (1-2). If it really is him, then the pain will weaken every day. However, if the pain does not disappear and even increases daily, then this is a significant reason to repeat the appointment with the doctor.
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Permanent fangs
At the age of 7 to 9 years, baby fangs begin to change into “adult”, permanent ones, which a person will have for the rest of his life, under conditions of appropriate care and the genetic predisposition of the teeth to longevity. Fangs very rarely suffer from caries or any other pathologies.
Undesirability of deletion
The inconsistency of rumors about possible blindness after removal of fangs, especially the upper ones, is written above. An exception is the pathology of the development of the canine and its root, when the optic nerve can come into contact with the nerves of the canine root. Then careless extraction, disrupting the canal of the optic nerve, can cause one-sided blindness on the half of the face where the extraction took place. To avoid this, be sure to take an x-ray of the roots and jaw. The resolution of X-ray machines in dental clinics makes it possible to examine and recognize pathology so that subsequent surgery can proceed without complications. And a consultation with an orthodontist and an orthopedic dentist is required to look for opportunities to save the tooth.
Fangs play a big role in pronouncing individual sounds, so removing either the upper or lower eye teeth can lead to a decrease in the quality of diction.
When the dentition is deprived of fangs, whose main function is tearing and tearing solid food, their “duties” begin to be performed by the incisors and, to a lesser extent, premolars (teeth No. 4 and 5). This means that the load on these teeth increases.
