STORY: DOUBLE TEETH

SCRIPT #523 SHOOT: 7/17/03

AIRDATE: Monday, Sept.15, 2003

Daybreak and Midday

DHC Master #18 Timecode: 21:00 Parents often panic when they suddenly

discover a strange but common dental

problem in their children’s mouths.

Dr. Linda Niessen of Baylor College of

Dentistry looks at the double

trouble of two sets of teeth in today’s

SOVT: 1:43 Dental Health Check.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOUBLE TEETH CLOSE-UPS (VOICE-OVER)

SUPER: Richardson :02-07 It’s called ectopic eruption. It

happens when permanent teeth

erupt through gum tissue behind

or in front of baby teeth.

SUPER: Nancy Winship :14-18 (“I just thought all baby teeth fell

Mother out. I didn’t know the new teeth had

anything to do with it.”)

NICOLE IN DENTAL CHAIR Nancy Winship did a double take

when she discovered the problem

looking inside her daughter’s mother.

6 year old Nicole had two sets of

lower incisors.

SUPER: Dr. Bob Morgan (“Teeth behind teeth, ectopic eruption,

Pediatric Dentist :30-35 is probably the number one Friday

afternoon, oh my gosh, we’ve got an

emergency.”)

TWO-SHOT Pediatric Dentist Dr. Bob Morgan

tells parents NOT to panic.

DR. MORGAN (“Those permanent teeth are looking

for the path of least resistance. And if

there is no room in a real small mouth,

they’ll turn sideways, mom’s calling,

saying, they look like a “v.” But they’ll

knock the baby teeth out.”

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DR. MORGAN CONTINUES (“ But more often than not in an acutely crowded patient, they’ll take that path of least resistance, which is lingual or towards the tongue. And since the permanent teeth aren’t bumping into the baby teeth, the baby teeth roots don’t dissolve.”)

BOY GETTING X-RAYS X-rays of the teeth help the dentist

decide if the baby teeth should be

pulled.

DR. MORGAN (“If we see on the x-rays that the baby teeth roots are pretty much dissolved and coming out, we’ll send them home for a couple of weeks and let them come out by themselves.”)

CANINE TEETH GROWING Another common eruption pattern—

OVER BABY TEETH canine teeth growing over the

baby teeth.

DR. MORGAN (“Often times, you see these kids come

in with fangs. We talk about these two

eye teeth. That’s a form of ectopic

eruption.”)

NICOLE AND MOM LOOK AT With the baby teeth removed, the

PULLED BABY TEETH permanent teeth should move into

the proper place.

ON CAMERA (STAND-UP CLOSE)

SUPER: Dr. Linda Niessen 1:31-1:36

Baylor College of Dentistry Teeth behind teeth never requires

emergency action. Once you notice

the problem, make an appointment with

your child’s dentist for a thorough

evaluation. For Baylor College of

Dentistry, Texas A&M System, I’m

Dr. Linda Niessen, Channel 8 News.