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  The resulting encounter was filmed in a video that quickly  went viral on TikTok, amassing over 7 million views. It makes for an extraordinary watch, partly because of the sheer number of baby teeth the young child still has in place. Dr. Ciapiak told Newsweek: "Six of her lower primary teeth were retained longer than they should have been. Typically, adult teeth erupt directly under primary teeth, causing the roots of the primary teeth to resorb and eventually allow the primary teeth to loosen and fall out. In this case, her adult teeth erupted lingual to her adult teeth, so they did not resorb the roots of her primary teeth. This left six full-rooted primary teeth, and all of her adult teeth present together simultaneously." She added: "In the U.S., children are unlikely to present like this because dentists typically catch the double-row of teeth early into the adult tooth eruption pattern. But this patient is orphaned, and had never had access to dental care before...