wobbly teeth at what age?

[kid]

DD is 6 and I noticed she had a wobbly tooth. It seems to have set again though as it isn't even slightly wobbly. She has had loads of falls on her teeth, the 2 front ones are completely wonky from it.

Just wondered at what age do teeth usually start to fall out? There is only one other child in her class (year 1) that hasn't lost a tooth.

I'm not worried about it or anything, just curious really!

[kid]

I checked DD's gum tonight and the new tooth is already there. She is so excited to have a new tooth growing!

[Distel]

I don't think it makes any difference how young they get their first teeth. My ds had 2 by 4 months. He is 6 1/2 and still has no wobbly ones.

[kid]

Our tooth fairy pays £2 for a first tooth and then £1 each tooth after that. If the tooth is pulled out, the tooth fairy doesn't bring any money!

[nannyme]

Dunno! She deals in fairy tutu currency in this house. Oh and fake fur stoles!

HOW did I manage to set myself up for THAT?!

[ghosty]

I heard they did that TC ... take the baby's tooth out if they are born with it ... don't know why though?
My DS is 6 1/4 and is desperate to get a wobbly tooth ... most of his class have lost at least one tooth (YR 2). At least once a day he comes up to me and says, "I am sure this tooth is wobbly mummy," so I check and no, it is as solid as a rock!
I didn't start losing my teeth until I was 7 and I heard that that counts ... so I have told him not to expect much until then ...

BTW ... how much is the tooth fairy paying these days in the UK?

[Thomcat]

Can I just massively butt in and say I recently met a 1 day old baby that was born with a tooth. Bottom front and it looked SO weird. It was all long and witchyfied looking! She was on way to have it taken out at hospital in cast she, the baby, err obviouisly (sorry bit merry) choked on it.

[nannyme]

My daughter lost her first at about 5 and a half. She is now 6 and has lost 6!

[Bink]

ds (nearly 7) has been shedding like a snake since a week before his 5th birthday - spent about six months with nothing at all to bite with - now has all of his adult incisors.

dd (5 and a half) not even a wobble, and her extra-unusually-tiny baby teeth are starting to look a bit odd.

[zephyrcat]

I'm trying my best to make her leave it alone - 'but Lola's came out when she ate an apple so why can't mine?' Maybe a bit of a blood story will do the trick!!! She keeps saying she wants it to come out so she can see what shape it is - strange child!!

[daisy1999]

My dd has just started at age 6.5, but one child lost hers at playgroup(about age 4yrs!).

[kid]

If she makes it come out before its ready to, it will bleed and might scare her. Also it will be a long time until the new one grows.

DD's top front teeth are still wobbly from over a year ago, they still haven't fallen out. As soon as I told DD that if she wobbles the tooth, it might bleed, she soon stopped!

The dentist did say after DD's tooth was knocked loose that if it discoloured and remained loose, she would have to have it removed. Her tooth set a bit and didn't go grey. Hope your DD either stops trying to make it come out, or it comes out quickly by itself!

[zephyrcat]

I've been meaning to ask this for ages so thank you for starting the thread!!

DD fell on her bed ages ago and knocked her front teeth a bit loose. She forgot about it and left them alone but since seeing an episode of Charlie and Lola where Lola eats an apple and her tooth falls outr she is constantly asking for apples so it will fall out and walks around wobbling it.... she's only 4.3 though so I think it's a bit early for her to start pulling them out!!

[spidermama]

My ds has just lost his first tooth at 6.

[kid]

At last, she lost her first tooth yesterday. She was really upset as it had a bit of blood on it. She seems okay with the gap now, although she reckons she can't eat on those teeth! Just waiting for the other 2 wobbly teeth to fall out now!

[kid]

DD is also in Year 2 now.

[Kittypickle]

We have been to something called the Enchanted Garden where they lit up the grounds and had "fairies" dancing to music and other mystical things dotted around. Bumped into DD's friend in the carpark who was very excited as finally her first tooth had fallen out today - just in time for her magical fairy experience. They are in year 2.

[kid]

Just searching my old threads and seen this again, DD still hasn't lost her first tooth, its still wobbly but is still hanging in there! I wonder if it will be out by Christmas!

[LIZS]

Not so sure Happymumof2, ds had his first at just 5 months but only lost them at 6 1/2 ! His adult ones came through before the baby ones fell out so no gaps . He's now 7 (just!) and has only lost the bottom 2 so far, others seem pretty solid.

[HappyMumof2]

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[chipmonkey]

I thought 6 was normal. My 2 ds's didn't get wobbly teeth till they were 6 and ds1 had to learn a poem that began:
"My friend and I have just turned six and we have wobbly teeth"

[tigi]

my son age 10 still believes in tooth fairy!