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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Re: bottles
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Date: Fri, 7-Feb-86 18:43:21 EST
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> > 
> > My 3 year old son just got back from a trip to the dentist. His two front
> > teeth have decay spots where the teeth meet. It has gone past the enamil(sp)
> > and almost into the roots where it can travel up and effect the permanent 
>                       ^^^^^
> > teeth. The dentist (who I trust, and why not?) said it was directly related
> > to a bottle. 
> 
> 
>       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?
> -- 
> whuxl!stu16

Sorry. I have never studied a baby's tooth and didn't know if they had 
roots or not. I was using the term "roots" as a directive (direction upward
through the items that keep the tooth in place and not let them roam in
the mouth), and not a biological term. Of course they can't have roots or
how else can the secondary teeth attach to the jaw bone ( assuming kids
have jawbones |->). But the important part is the decay anyway.

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