While there are no solid numbers on the percentage of kids with crowded or crooked teeth, it is a fairly common thing. How Common Are Crowded or Crooked Teeth in Children? The child complains about tooth or jaw pain near the area where a new tooth should be coming inĪll of these are clues that there might not be enough space for new teeth to come in properly.An abnormal gap between top and bottom teeth forms.Permanent teeth appear “stuck” or won’t come in.Teeth coming in at an angle (either sideways toward other teeth or jutting in or out of the line of teeth).An adult can tell if spacing and crowding of teeth is an issue if they see: Some parents know simply by looking at their kid’s smile that there isn’t enough room for new teeth coming in. Often, this means coming in at an angle, rotating, overlapping, or simply growing into places that cause the mouth to become uncomfortable. When new teeth grow into the mouth, they will follow the “path of least resistance.” This means that they will grow into whatever space is available, avoiding other teeth. When there is not enough space for new teeth, it can cause them to come in crooked. The result: Not enough space for new teeth. This often happens when kids lose their teeth before their mouths grow enough, or when they have bad bites. Adult teeth are bigger than baby teeth, though, and sometimes little mouths just don’t have the room to accommodate those bigger teeth.
Lola is what might have resulted if Helga Pataki from Hey Arnold were allowed to develop a little more as a character (and started illegally waiting tables at night in a dark bar filled with Mamet-level swearing), and the “gross” teenage girl I once was (at least in my own mind) does a little dance every time she comes onscreen. Lola, with her broken home, obnoxious voice, and penchant for filthy put-downs, is nobody’s idea of a dream girl.but Jay loves her anyway, and it’s kind of great to see. But there remains an air of slight respectability to them, a sense that these are the kinds of girls a guy might favor with crush-dom if they just got their braces off or figured out their backne. The other female characters on Big Mouth are no less realized: Jessi (Jessi Klein) has a particularly realistic envy arc with new friend Ali (Ali Wong), and the aforementioned Missy shines this season as she takes on her noxious “hate worm” and eventually lets it recede in favor of spending more time with her cousin Quinta (Quinta Brunson).
(In Bossypants, Tina Fey recalls being chagrined when SNL writers put Chris Kattan in a dress instead of giving his character to a female cast member.) In general, I’m of the opinion that male actors shouldn’t voice female animated characters not because it’s as problematic as a white actor voicing a Black character (a mistake that Big Mouth corrected in Season 4, replacing Jenny Slate, the voice behind adorkable biracial teen Missy, with Ayo Edebiri), but because there are so many, many talented female voice actors that using a guy seems, well, lazy.
In particular, as I made my way through the show’s fifth season (which hit Netflix on November 1), I found myself inexplicably falling in love with the always-angry, sublimely gross middle-school bully Lola Ugfuglio-Skumpy, voiced by Kroll. I’ve watched a whole lot of Big Mouth over the last few years, but the Netflix animated sitcom-which was created by comedians Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett, and Nick Kroll, and seems to perennially tackle the question “How disgusting can we make this show about teenagers while still remaining on the right side of heartwarming?”-still manages to surprise me.