Teething help! Should I take my LO to the dentist pronto

[Wonderland18]

My LO has a first dental appointment booked for two weeks on Monday. Issue is she’s been teething since 2 months with obvious signs of them coming in and kept going away again, they have finally popped the skin at almost 7 months but look like they are coming in at the inside of her gum so pressing against the gum on the way up. My question is is it normal for her tooth to be at the back of her gum? Will this cause more pain with the teething as she’s lashing out and hitting? Is there anything a dentist can do or any point in getting her seen quicker?

Not sure what you mean - are they coming in at a weird angle? They have to come through the gum. Don’t think a dentist can do anything.

They are pushing up behind her gum instead of on the top of it.. if that makes any sense 🙈

Can you take a picture?

I’ll try, she’s not much letting me look in it at all, bare with me

When I get a good look at it it really just looks like it’s coming in with the slightest squint. It really feels like it’s behind the gum when you touch it though, I’m just super paranoid as a FTM 😂🙈

Looks normal - they move as they grow - unlikely something you need a dentist for yet. Wait for them to push through.

Also 7 months is average enough time for teeth to be punching through not late in my memory

I’m a dentist, looks fine

Look normal

Yea ditto looks normal.

Looks totally normal, does she have an actual teeth yet? Our dentist here says pointless taking them until they actually have a good through teeth through

Nah just the one on the way, it wasn’t me who made the appointment it was Childsmile through the NHS they send it out to you

Aargh, lost my post! Looks absolutely fine to me - it looks like it's coming through in the middle of her gum, not behind it? DS is 10 months and has 7 teeth but that is considerably more than other babies I know (I teethed really early too). I know of at least three babies that cut their teeth at a later age than your girl. I don't think there's anything to worry about, but could you ask the HV? Or see if you can bring the appointment forward just to ease your mind. DS hates me putting my fingers in his mouth, maybe that's why she's lashing out? Or it could just be her developing new skills :) I have heard that some babies have a really tough time with teething, maybe she's one of the unlucky ones? It's quite normal I think for teeth to almost appear and then disappear btw- it's to do with their guns and teeth growing at different rates.

One of my dc cut his first tooth at 13 months old! Dentist totally unconcerned.

One of my dc cut his first tooth at 13 months old! Dentist totally unconcerned

Were you concerned he was a late teether then?

Not concerned at all. Dentist said the later they come in the better.

Yes,later the better 😊

Makes no difference when their teeth come through, DS2 was 3 months with his first, about to lose his last baby tooth at 11.

Orthodontics can’t be started until all baby teeth have been lost so IMO earlier is better. But really and truly it makes no difference.