Different ages for teeth

Great advice. My son had 4 teeth by the age of 6 months. My daughter is 8 months old now and has no teeth and is showing no signs of teething, her doctor told me last week that she doesn't think she will have any by 12 months either. At least now i know that i don't need to be worried

 Both my girls got their teeth late (though not as late as 17mths).  You can probably expect them to get their adult teeth last also. My almost 10 yr old only has 4 adult teeth! The orthodontist says she is about 2 years behind. That's ok, I've seen her x-rays, they are there (I also worried she would be toothless). I was once told that the longer they take to break through the gums, the healthier they will be.

All babies teeth at different ages,its hard when u know of other babies the same age as yours with a mouth full of teeth and urs with none!! I have been told that the longer it takes them to get teeth the healthier the teeth are???....they surprise you everyday!!

I was pretty lucky with teething. Both my boys had cut there bottom front teeth when they where two months old. It made breast feeding them hard as they did bit a lot. And being so young it was hard to teach them not to. I ended up expressing a lot of my milk just to get relief from pain. They had all there teeth by twelve months. Terrific  They would get swollen gums play up for a few days then there would be a new toth. They cut there teeth perfectly fine and they have perfectly straght teeth. My master 6 is now starting to loose his baby teeth and get his new larger adult teeth. I dont know of any other 6 year olds that are cutting adult teeth Apparently my husband was the same and he has perfect teeth. People tell me that mine are fine.

awww thank you for the article !

i can imagine why you would've been worried...  anytime i realise Alisha hasn't developed the way "the book says", it freaks me out a bit... but now i feel better knowing that babies can be very different !!!

thank you for that !! xox

my dd didnt get her first tooth until 14 months so i certainly was relieved! good to know too that shes not the only one cause it sure did worry me for a while.

 great advice lucky my daughter now only has 2 teeth left to come through at 18 months it goes to show all babies are differant

thanks for sharing

Luv Emz xx

Thank you fo rthis information!

My daughter just turned 16 months and no teeth!  I have been sick with worry!  My pediatrician has assured me that she's not concerned at this time. Her growth has been normal in other areas.  It looks like a bottom tooth is close to popping out but nothing yet.

I did find out that one of her cousins was a late teether so maybe it runs in our family.  At any rate, it's so nice to hear from another parents with the same situation.

My eldest daughter was a late teether, tho not as late as your daughter - phew!

My mil told me that my husband had cut his first tooth at 11 months, so I wasnt at all concerned until that deadline passed. Then, two weeks later came the first tooth. On her birthday the second came, and at two weekly intervals they came until she had 7 incisors. Then she stopped for a while, then the first 4 molars came through, followed by the 4 canines (wrong order!!!) and finally the 8th incisor - at last!!! And then a 9th incisor - eh???! Fortunately we had a dentist check-up a few days later anyway, and she reassured us that an extra milk tooth was fine, there probably wasnt even an adult tooth under one of these twin teeth! Anyway, it wouldnt need removing. Then the last 4 molars came through - a full compliment of 21 teeth at about 3.5. Then my daughter said she could feel some more teeth coming!!! Two more molars are through and it looks very much like two more are on their way - at 4.5! That would make 25! Oh well, it takes all sorts! The dentist didnt really believe me when I said "I think she has some more teeth coming through" in December - "Oh no, she's a bit young for them to fall out yet" she said. "I'll let her count them" I thought, but she was clearly concentrating on their condition as she counted only up to 20 and her notes say my daughter has 21!

Great advice!! I was worried when my daughter never got her first tooth at 6 months because what it had seemed like to me is that all babies got teeth at that age, or even earlier!! My daughter is now 11 months old and she has 2 teeth, she got them 1 month ago. I was shocked and surprised but happy at the same time!

You're right, all babies are different and none are ever going to be the same as the first or the last or any other baby you might compare them to! Again, great advice!

Wow...I would have been worried too matey...

Kat still hasn't lost all her baby teeth and she's 21 nearly....this is concerning and may have to have them pulled out.

Great artilce lightbee...thanks

Lavinia

That's right, every child develops differently, even if they're related. Great article