wonky baby teeth?

[philosophicmum]

DS2 is 10 months and his first two teeth are coming through, and they seem really wonky, at 45 degree angles across his gum instead of going straight across. They're only just breaking the surface - will they straighten up as they come through properly, or is there something wrong? It's his bottom front two teeth.

DS1 is almost 8 and I can't remember a thing about his teeth coming in, so I have no idea whether I'm worrying about nothing or not.

Children's teeth move about a lot as other teeth come in, so they'll probably straighten out. And wonky baby teeth wouldn't mean wonky adult teeth anyway. If you're worried, take him to the dentist with you next time you go.

My DD had her top two teeth like that. So much so that she rarely used them to bite, but bit things using her side teeth (once she got to that stage!!). When her big teeth came through they were perfectly straight and she has started biting things properly.

I don't quite understand what you mean.

A tongue tie can pull the bottom teeth inwards like this

That picture shows a very obvious anterior tie, but a posterior tie might not be obvious to the untrained eye.

Yes, they are angled exactly like that picture, mawbroom. I've often thought he probably has tongue tie since he can't stick his tongue out very far (and upper lip tie too, he's never flanged his top lip out when breastfeeding) but it's never caused us any feeding problems so I've never done anything about it. But if it's going to cause dental problems then I guess I should seek advice ASAP.

Yes, and I would advise you to skip the NHS and go to either Malcolm Levinkind in East Finchley or John Roberts at the Cote Royd dental practice in Huddersfield.

They are both dentists who trained with Dr Kotlow (who is a leading expert) and use laser to revise lip and tongue ties, without the need for a GA.

DS1's adult teeth were angled like that, but funnily enough, his baby ones were not! I didn't know he was tied until he was about 6yo.

If a tie is tight enough to be pulling the teeth inwards, I would hazard a guess that there may also be other orofacial issues. This was certainly the case with ds1 with his high palate and underdeveloped mid section of his face - not that you would notice, but it restricted his nostrils leading to mouth breathing, which led to the lengthening of the bottom jaw. It is all being corrected with braces/headgear now at age 8yo.

You might also want to ask to join the tongue tie babies support group on Facebook. There are lots of people with experience and knowledge of ties. There is waaaaay more to this than you would ever believe!