Bottom front teeth not coming in straight.

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my ds (7) has a wobbly bottom tooth at the front, and upon looking at it I can see the adult tooth pushing up behind it.
He already has an adult tooth growing from where he lost the other front tooth a few months ago, but this new one that’s growing is not next to it at all. Its growing further back so not aligned at all.
Is this something that will correct itself or will he be likely to need braces in the future?

Both my sons had horrific looking teeth where the new adult teeth came through behind their baby teeth at the front. Like a freaking shark

Ds1 is now 17, his teeth are prefectly straight, no brace ever needed. Just moved into position over the years. The jaw line changes quite a lot. As long as you are taking her to the dentist regularly they will keep an eye on it. Ds2 had a massive gap between his front teeth when they first came through, they are almost together now, he is 14.

I always remember my sister saying that once children hit 6 or 7 their teeth are always gappy, big and small and look bad until they are 14. She was not wrong.

My ds had teeth come through in all sorts of places - one was right up the top of his gum. Magically, they sorted themselves out, and at 13 they are perfect

Dds front bottom teeth came through wonky, almost sideways on! Dentist didn't seem at all concerned & said they would straighten themselves out. Happily, she was right.

Both my younger 2s came in sideways . They worked there way straight . You wouldnt know now they are 7 and 9

And the younger ones also started growing behind the baby teeth
He hates pulling them out

Thank you, some really reassuring posts there!
Once the dentist opens again I’ll get him booked in for his check up and she will keep an eye on things.

Yep, my son is the same. He is 7. Lost his first tooth 5 months ago. Bottom front. It started growing in before the baby tooth was lost. Was in a weird position, kinda sideways, nowhere near the other teeth. Now it's fully grown and has moved in alignment with the others. This week he lost the next tooth, again bottom middle. Again it started growing before the baby tooth fell out and is growing in a similar place to the baby tooth. I'm going to assume it will sort itself out in the same way the other tooth did!

The dentist will refer to ortho if necessary. Awful at is my kids are borderline for nhs ortho, I hope they're bad enough to qualify.

Remember that your DS's jaw a great deal of growing to do. As the bones grow, creating more space for his teeth, things may well change considerably. My middle child has a small, almost pixie like face and up until he was younger he had terribly crowded teeth which were really higgledy piggledy. Our dentist did refer him to an orthodontist when he was about 13 but we were told that even though it looked bad it was just cosmetic and as he didn't actually have a malocclusion he wouldn't be entitled to NHS treatment. The orthodontist said that braces would straighten his teeth if we wanted to pay privately but there was no actual need for treatment and that in any case he would recommend that we waited for another couple of years as he thought it was very likely that the appearance would improve significantly without any intervention. Well I don't mind admitting that I thought this sounded absolutely crazy - his teeth really were all over the place - but as DS wasn't keen on braces or particularly bothered about his appearance anyway, I didn't persue things. A few years later and he looks like a different boy. His bottom teeth are still slightly irregular, but barely noticeably, and his top ones are so straight that he looks as if he actually has had orthodontic treatment.
Of course there are no guarantees, but at 7 years old I really wouldn't lose any sleep over this. I think it is pretty common for teeth to come through at weird angles as basically there's an adult sized set of teeth trying to fit themselves into a child's jaw. Growth often sorts things out, and if not there's plenty of time to get things sorted later. Ironically the only one of my children who probably will need braces is the one who had the straightest teeth as a young child!

Sorry, that makes no sense....when he younger, not up until he was younger. I need sleep....