Do you think there is something wrong with my sons teeth?

[Jemnot]

He can't seem to make his front teeth meet. He has very prominent canine teeth and when he closes his mouth there is a gap.

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People are starting to make comments about it.

I'm going to make a dentist appointment (his first one) tomorrow but I wondered what you thought? He's actually quite excited about his dentist appointment. I've explained to him that the dentist will look inside his mouth and then give him a present (we're going to buy him a toy car and give it to the dentist in advance to hand it to him after the first visit).

I'm wondering if this is my fault for letting him have his dummy for so long. We agreed that he could have a dummy till he was 3 and he's now 3 and 3 months so he has to give it up this year. He's been potty trained for almost a week now and we wanted to give it 6 weeks after potty training was done before we introduced the 'dummy fairy' to him.

We've been trying to potty train for a year but he suffers with febrile fits and every time he has a fit he reverts back to being 'babyish' for at least 5 or 6 weeks and we had to put potty training on the back burner till he'd recovered from the fit. Now that he's gone 4 months without a seizure we tried potty training again and he did it as easily as flicking a switch so he was obviously just ready for it this time.

I wondered what you thought of his teeth please, if they look 'normal' to you or not?

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they look lovely, he's very cute. if the dentist thinks his bite is a problem they'll just file down the canines, no biggie. i had it done when i was a kid.

s1045.photobucket.com/albums/b460/hari2612/?action=view&current=hteeth.jpg here. you just put a couple of square brackets round each side.

He looks fine to me- a very cute lad too!

I dont think baby teeth are always all even the way grown up teeth are

My DS had very similar milk teeth and they are absolutely fine now (he is 13). Lovely pic btw

Thank you.
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I'm testing it with the square brackets. This is what his face looks like in proportion with his teeth. Thank you. I wonder if I'm just being over anxious. I thought someone might say that it didn't look normal but it makes me feel better that nobody has said that it looks unusual. A couple of my relatives have made some remarks that made me wonder. I'll leave his full picture up for tonight and then remove it tomorrow. Not that I don't feel safe here of course, but I don't normally like to put his picture online, even behind a password protected place.

Thank you again. I don't know how I managed before I found this place!

ok I officially give up trying to post links! lol. I'm not going to try again because I'm just going to clog up the board with my attempts and I don't know how to delete the ones that don't work!

Hi Jemnot, you need 2 square opening brackets like thisand 2 closing ones they need to be right up against the like with no space,

He's a very cute little boy and his teeth look fine to me, please don't stress His permanent teeth will probably be very different to the ones he has now,

I don't think they are great TBH.

Have a look at the children's teeth on this site - I think you might need orthodontic work done on him ...

Does your lovely DS 'mouth breathe?' it might be a factor on the way his teeth are raised up in the front - could indicate his palate is becoming distorted - with a high arch.

Well done on the potty training! Hope you get his bite sorted out soonest.

Mouth breathing doesn't cause teeth to be like this. Teeth shouldn't meet tip to tip like that.

Something is stopping his upper teeth sitting over his lower teeth. It could be that his canine teeth are lower down then the rest of his teeth, it could be the position of his jaws in relation to each other, it could be as simple as needing the tips filing down.

Did he have a dummy when younger? If so how was his use of it, because prolonged overuse of dummies can cause this.

Either way it is really hard to tell on a picture because it is a single snapshot of his smile.

The dentist will be able to advise, as he/ she will have certain 'ways' of assessing what is going on.

Dentists won't do much at this age tho. He is too little for orthodontics and it isn't worth (NHS won't fund) straightening teeth at this age as he is going to be losing them all.

The dentist (if on thinking there is a problem) will probably advise waiting until some of his adult teeth come through to see what position they are in.

It's the dummy but don't worry, once it's gone, his teeth should settle into a more normal position

The teeth don't meet, it's a perfect dummy shaped hole

My son had identical teeth, the dummy went when he was 3, his teeth straightened out very quickly

How did I miss the part about the dummy?

I am pretty sure that will be it, as scaredof said!

My neice had this too, and hers did straighten out. But there are options if it doesn't correct, once he is older!

He is a cutie, btw! And well done on the potty training!

my teeth look like this because I sucked my them until about nine! No big deal really but a very obvious gap...

The dummy is to blame I'm afraid, Its officially called an AOB (anterior open bite) and as someone has said already is a dummy-shaped "gap". Do all you can to get rid of the dummy, I know this is easier said than done but persevere and go cold tirkey if necessary. Good luck.

Thanks for the advice. I thought it was the dummy but I've never heard of an AOB before. I think it's time for the dummy fairy to pay a visit to our house!

I've already made him an appointment with the dentist. I'll feel better when he gets a proper check up. Luckily he's quite looking forward to the dentist appointment. He's been told that the dentist is a nice man who looks at his teeth and he'll get a present (a car!) after the visit.

I appreciate the advice.