Though
it only happens in roughly one percent of all children, supernumerary teeth, or
an extra set, do sometimes occur in children. Usually before the age of five, when many
children make their first visits to the dentist’s office, the dentist will take
an X-ray of the child’s oral cavity and jaw area.
In
this X-ray, he or she may see something unusual, which may be an extra set of
teeth between the baby and adult sets. This
most commonly occurs with the front teeth, but it can be found throughout the
entire mouth.