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My 3 year old has a funny looking tooth that looks like it is split in two. Why?

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My 3 year old has a funny looking tooth that looks like it is split in two. Why?

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Sometimes primary teeth come in fused (glued) to the adjacent tooth. Sometimes primary teeth come in fused to an extra tooth. Sometimes a primary tooth will try to split into two! Terms we use for these teeth are fusion, gemination or twinning. An x-ray will determine which type of tooth your child has. These anomalies rarely occur in permanent teeth.

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