19 month old DS has been referred to a paediatric specialist dentist today by our regular dentist. I know these things take a while so wondered if anyone on here knows much about teeth so give me an idea of a) what the specialist is likely to do to diagnose b) what might be wrong and c) what the treatment/outlook might be.
Am having no luck with Dr. Google. Don't worry, I know that it's just ideas and possibilities over the internet and I won't "do" anything or panic too much until we've actually seen the specialist.
Here is what's wrong:
He is 19 months old and has only got two teeth so far. One came at 14 months and one came at 16 months. No signs of any others coming through, no bumps etc. in his gums.
The two teeth that he has got are the front top teeth, the big flat ones. Except his aren't flat, they are sharp and pointy, fang like. They are not just crooked or coming down at a funny angle, they are too sharp to be 'normal'.
That's it really, at 19 months it's hard to say how else it I s effecting (affecting?) him, his general development seems normal. He has few words but does say a few and isn't off the normal scale for speech I would say. His eating is poor, but that is fairly new , until a couple of months ago he ate a good range though he has always had a small appetite, less so now and eating is a battle but similar things are happening across my antenatal group and it may well be toddler food regression. He often seems to be teething, or at least suffering with his teeth. His hands spend a lot of time in his mouth and he is currently drooling so much he has a rash on his neck from it.
Erm any ideas???
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Any teeth experts? Been referred to paediatric specialist.
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Nightfall1983 · 01/04/2014 16:27
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