DS 6.8 hasn't lost any milk teeth yet?

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Should I be concerned at all?

We have had to move the check up at the dentists a couple of times and aren't due to go until February now.

Any experience or thoughts?

I wouldn't worry at all.

DS1 was 7.5 before his first tooth fell out. DS2 is 6.7 and his aren't wobbly yet so looks as though he will be the same.

DS didn't lose any teeth until he was approaching 8, I think.

My lot were all late to lose baby teeth

...only problem is dd may need braces and still has one waiting to fall out, our orthodontist won't do work if they have baby teeth still.

Thanks very much everyone. All the other children in his class seem to have started loosing theirs, some even started aged 4.

Was just wondering really, glad that it's obviously not that rare

Ds was quite old when he lost his first ones may have been 7 or 8.
Is your DS in any pain at all? If not I wouldn't worry unduly and talk to the dentist in feb.

Was he late getting them? My niece took years to get her teeth and now at 8 has only lost the front 4.

I wouldn't worry - dd is 7.5 and has only lost 1 so far.

My DS is over 7 and only recently lost his first two. He spent 6 months with 'shark teeth' whiche he was very proud of, and the dentist was completely unconcerned about both the shark teeth and the fact that he hadn't lost his teeth by age of 7.

He's not in any pain thankfully. Glad to hear too that the dentist seemed unconcerned StillSquiffy.

Will wait to see what he says in Feb.

Same here JiltedJohnsJulie (I just love that name, showing my age here - yeah yeah, it's not fair!) - ds1 got to 8 without losing any - it's a good thing, honest!

paws think that's pretty much how DS looks on the tooth fairy coming to all his friends and not him.

Yeah, yeah, it's not fair!

If it helps, we told ds1 that the tooth fairy pays more for clean and healthy teeth .... that certainly seemed to soften the blow a little. Especially when ds2 lost his first tooth before ds1 did .....

Thanks paws. Will be using that line next time the conversation crops up.

He lost his first one this week at 6.9. Yeah .

Bet he's chuffed then :)

The later the better, I reckon.

my ds is 8.4 and not a wobble in sight yet, he is very dissapointed about it as all of his friends have lost atleast 6 each!

I don't know if is related to how early they cut thier first teeth as ds didn't start to teeth until he was nearly 2!

Could be then more

My ds didn't lose his first till well past 7 years. He has still only lost 3 and he is 9 in April! His milk teeth have practically worn away to stumps! OUr dentist isn't worried.

Friends little boy is 7 and hasn't lost a tooth yet. It's fine.