No wobbly teeth

[MerryMarigold]

Ds1 is 6.5 and hasn't had a wobbly tooth yet. ALL his friends have lost at least one, and some a lot more. He is a bit insecure about it. He said to me the other day, "Do you think when I'm 70 I will have a wobbly tooth?" Just found out another friend who is over a year younger and year below at school has his first wobbly tooth. I really feel for my ds1. Is it really normal to be this 'late'? And if it is, why does he seem to be the only person he knows?

Yes, totally normal. DS's best friend is 6.3 and has no wobbly teeth.

it's completely normal and will happen soon :)

Yes it is normal. He'll probably lose several in one go and catch up.
When is his next dental check up due?

It is normal. DS is almost 5 and already has tooth because his friend has lost a tooth freakishly early IMO so I can see how the pressure might start to mount. DN is 7 in a month and only lost the two front ones a month or so ago.

It's not strange. There's a handful of children in the Y2 class I volunteer in that haven't lost any teeth yet. I know this because they were talking about it last week, and those that haven't lost any are getting fed up of waiting .

I still have milk teeth. See . I was late to get deciduous teeth and late for them to fall out.

Quick google 'A child's baby teeth (primary teeth) begin to loosen and fall out on their own to make room for permanent teeth at about age 6. Timing can vary, though, and girls generally lose baby teeth earlier than do boys. The last baby teeth typically fall out by age 12 or 13. Baby teeth usually fall out in the order in which they erupted ? first the two bottom front teeth (lower central incisors), followed by the two top front teeth (upper central incisors), the lateral incisors, first molars, canines and second molars'.

There's children in DSs year 3 class who only lost teeth right at the end of year 2. I'm sure I've read that losing them later and having better teeth seem to be related so is probably good to lose them later.

There is no need to worry, as it is perfectly normal for children to lose their first baby tooth between the ages of 5 and 7, so there surely must be a few others in his class who haven't lost a tooth yet. And, sadly, there will be others who have had to have rotten teeth removed. Your dentist should be able to tell you if the new teeth are developing normally.

If he reaches 70 without losing an adult tooth, let alone a baby tooth, that will be pretty good going.

Completely normal i would say. DS was 4 days off his 7th birthday before he lost his first tooth (on Christmas Day).

Did he get his baby teeth late? My dentist friend say that it generally follows that if they got their baby teeth late, they'll be slow getting their adult teeth too.

My DS was 6.5 before he lost one, now at just turned 8 he has still only lost 6 (four of those being in the last 3 months or so). Amongst my DD (6)'s friends it seems to range from none yet to 8 or more already, so there is a huge variation. I have heard there is a correlation with when their first teeth arrived, DS didn't have any till he was 10 months, so that makes sense to me.

I've also heard the about healthier teeth being later to fall out, so I am trying not to worry about ds 5.10 nearly every kid in his class seems to have lost at least one already (primary 1, Scotland), my mum guessed I was about 7 when I lost my first so he might be the same!

DS1 lost his first baby tooth the week of his 8th birthday. He's only got 8 adult teeth now at nearly 12. The dentist said the later the better, so it's definitely not a problem.

Totally anecdotal, but my first three dcs were started on solids at around 4 months and got their first teeth before 6 months. They started to lose teeth at around 5 yo (DC2 is just 10 and only has 1 milk tooth left!)

DC4 OTOH wasn't started on solids until just over 6 months, didn't get any teeth until about 9/10 months and hasn't lost any to date (6.5 yo). Coincidence?!

Perfectly normal (am a dentist). It's also to do with when their primary (milk) teeth erupted-kids whose teeth came through late will lose them later on as well. We only view it as abnormal if they haven't had any wobbly teeth by 8/9. HTH x

Thanks all. He got his milk teeth fairly early so not sure of the correlation there. The first was bang on 6 mo and he had them all (except the toddler ones) by 1yr (it was a hideous 6 months)...Daisy, he was started on solids at 6mo too, but still got teeth early.

I do keep telling him that it's better to lose them later as he can eat more sweet things now and worry so much!! However, he seems to be late developmentally so is struggling a bit at school and this is a further dent to his confidence .