From about 6 years old, human beings will be replaced with permanent teeth, beginning with missing teeth. Whether to forcibly pull out the missing teeth or leave it naturally can be decided by looking ...
Photo illustration by Oona Zenda of KFF Health News. Becky Carroll was missing a few teeth, and others were stained or crooked. Ashamed, she smiled with lips pressed closed. Her dentist offered to fix ...
When Emma Conkey was ready for her very first loose tooth to fall out, she let her little brother try and pull it out. It didn’t work, though, because 5-year-old Emma “couldn’t quit laughing,” her mom ...