How long for permanent teeth to erupt after milk teeth fall out (naturally)

[RobertPostschild]

My child's top lateral incisors (the ones either side of the two front teeth) fell out over 10 weeks ago. Nothing has erupted in their place.There also doesn't appear to be any 'lumps' to indicate their presence in the gum, waiting to come through. Their two permanent front teeth took only a few days to start to erupt after the milk ones fell through. Should I be concerned?

Back story: a relative was missing these two front teeth and I'm worried there might be a genetic influence to missing teeth.

Anyone? Should I go to the dentist? Will they Xray a child for this?

I think those can take a while, especially if your child is also growing other teeth, but do mention it at the next check up.

My dd has just taken 9 months to replace fallen out milk teeth.

I can see the teeth in her gums and her jaw has physically changed to accommodate the larger size teeth.

Thanks for the replies. We see the dentist once a year here and the next appointment is not due for another 6 months. I think I might go and see the dentist to ask about the need for an appointment.

Out of interest Frosty , which teeth were they that took so long to come through? At the moment my child has a huge gap between her front two teeth (top) and gaps either side where the lateral incisors where and should be replaced. So it's like there is definitely room there already.

We see the dentist every six months, which I thought was pretty standard in the UK?

It was her top central incisors, she’s only lost the bottom lateral incisors in October and they haven’t come through yet either. I’m not worried at all. I have older children and they took ages to come through too.

Thanks for the info Frosty much appreciated. She just looks so odd at the moment and perhaps I am worrying about nothing.

BWatch we don't live in the UK

I bit the bullet yesterday and rang the dental service here. I was able to get an appointment yesterday afternoon (love our health service here!). Child was examined and X-rayed. The X-rays showed that the teeth are present - phew! Now we just have to wait for them to make an appearance. She has a huge gap between her front two teeth and either side where the lateral incisors are missing and looks terrible!

The those same two teeth took 10/11 months for my dd (7). Dentist said very normal for those.

Did you really give your chIld and unnecessary X-ray because you couldn’t wait for her teeth to come through?! You do know x rays carry risks right?

Small risks but honestly that wasn’t in her best interests

Op "looks terrible" your poor child. Must mean my dd also "looks terrible" then - or not.

Taken 13 months to appear here. It's no great shakes, really!

I think it depends. Dd1 hated wobbling teeth, so hers tended to only come out when the tooth was through or nearly through.
Dd2 used to take a slight wobble one day and wobble it until it came out within a few days. It was often months before the next tooth appeared.

The gap toothy grin at that age is really cute.

I understand your concern because those lots of my close relatives have either had missing or ‘stumpy’ lateral incisors, and I am also waiting to see what dd2’s teeth will be like. Dd1 has no problems thankfully.

But - ‘Looks odd’ ‘looks terrible’ are awful things to say about a child with perfectly ordinary gaps in their teeth. All children go through it, it doesn’t look at all odd for children of the appropriate age to be missing teeth.

Well obviously I don't tell my child they look terrible. I also don't go around telling other people that my child looks terrible. I do, however, express my concerns on an anonymous internet forum, but thank you to all of those who have been offended on the child's behalf .

And yes, I did get my child X-rayed. I do not believe, having done the reading that I did, that it was unnecessary. The dentist made the decision to X-Ray, based on the child's family history and specific case details. If anyone is interested, then this paper makes very interesting reading.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336964/

It was on the basis of reading this paper that I decided to make an appointment with the dentist. It says, among other things, that there is a genetic factor to missing teeth, especially in girls, and especially in the lateral incisors. It also says, that dental treatment for missing teeth takes place form the age of 7. So, given the child's history and how she was presenting, I thought it a reasonable thing to take her to the dentist. The dentist, with her knowledge, then decided to X-Ray the child. If she had had these teeth missing, the earlier the intervention, the better.

Does this still make me a bad parent?!

My DS lost his top 2 incisors last June - still no sign of them coming through. Dentist said nothing to be concerned about and wouldn't take action until 12M+