My 14yr old, still has a lot of baby teeth, is this normal?

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My dd, 14, doesn't have all her adult teeth, I'd say all bar one, of her molars are still baby teeth. Is this normal?

I have to say, at mid 30s I finally cracked one of my baby molars a few weeks ago on chocolate 😭

It was so painful and needed an x Ray & filling.
Other than that im really careful with my teeth & never had a brace but I know they'll have to come out one day. 😢 mine were missed as a child because my mum never took me to the dentist!!

The older I get the less I mind about having 2 toothy gaps at the back

Bore off yourself. It’s a valid question.

To answer pp question about the dentist, yes she does go to the dentists regularly, before Covid was once very 6 months, now it seems to be once every 18 months ish. It's an nhs dentist.

Oh come on! Your saying that this hasn’t been picked up before?

Yes she will need an x-ray. Perhaps some teeth are impacted or missing. Uncommon at this age to have as many as you describe so would be good to get a clearer picture. Would possibly need some taking out to allow the adult teeth to come through and maybe orthodontics.

Well it would be if the OP had said she was asking MN instead of the dentist I suppose. Don't think she did though?

That's exactly what I'm saying @Doingprettywellthanks

My 13 year old (nearly 14) has 5 baby teeth left! His big teeth have grown over the top his mouth is a messs! He has a ortho referral in November

What that has been raised or not been raised?

So you’ve been to the dentist

but it’s never ever been raised as an issue by you or the dentist?

Is there a correlation between late teethers and losing teeth later?

My DS is 6 and a half and still all baby teeth are there. However he was really late at teething when he was baby (I got worried he had no teeth to grow!!)
So I wonder now whether that will mean he will be late losing them 🤔

She has lost ONE tooth

she is 14

Surely, surely, you were first aware this was unusual about… oh I don’t know, 6 years ago that she had only lost one!!

And if she’s only lost one, why can’t you be sure? Surely that was a pretty monumental event!

Bullshit

Yup

i will hazard a guess - overweight, terrible diet and a host of other issues.

Because this will likely be a drop in the ocean

You say "lots of" baby teeth - so some adult teeth.

This can sometimes be normal and that may be why, 18 months ago atage 12, the dentist wasn't remotely concerned.

Has she had an x-ray to be sure that the permanent teeth are there?

My 15 year old still has a lot of baby teeth - he goes to the dentist every 6 months and he's also had multiple orthodontic appointments recently as he is soon going to have a brace. We have been waiting for him to lose more baby teeth to start orthodontic treatment. It was the same with his older sister - she got her braces later than peers because her teeth were just later. She finally had four baby teeth removed before having her first plate.

I had my last four baby teeth removed when I was 17.

So its hereditary in our case. My 3rd child seems not to have my late tooth development and has lost more baby teeth than his older brother. It can vary hugely obviously, even within a sibling set.

So you may not have anything to worry about, but yes, obviously more frequent dentist's appointments and an x-ray if she hasn't had one are a good idea.

All bar one of her molars not all bar one of her teeth!

She says she reckons all bar one are baby teeth

I read the OP as saying she had one adult molar, not lost one tooth. I'm assuming she has her 6 year old molars but the OP isn't aware they are adult teeth too. DS got his 12 year old molars between 14 and 15.

What on earth does slow rate of losing baby teeth have to do with having a terrible diet and being overweight!

My 15 year old is 6ft 1 and 9 stone and does serious amounts of sport but still has baby teeth! There's no connection!

None of my kids have fillings and neither do I at nearly 50! We all go to the dentist regularly! Actually late loss of baby teeth seems to correlate with good, strong teeth as long as it's simply that they're naturally through later. It's likely to be in part simply because the adult teeth don't come through until the individual is old enough to brush effectively.

Yes, dd was very late getting her baby teeth. They all eventually erupted in the right order with first front teeth at 12 months - but i remember all her nursery friends had mouths filled with teeth and she still had loads to grow. I think she was over 3 by the time the back ones came. Dentist did warn that she'd probably lose them all a bit later too.

She lost her first tooth right at the end of yr2, and they've all fallen out in the correct order (from front teeth towards the back) but shes now nearly 13 and still has a few baby teeth to go. Dentist doesn't seem overly concerned (but this thread has now made me panic so i shall question dentist some more next appt)

Yes I agree with this - my older two both lost their first milk tooth at 7 and also both learnt to walk while only having four teeth 🤣

What a nasty comment. DS was late with teeth, I asked the dentist and they said it was all okay, nothing was wrong, he was just later than average. They never mentioned it until I asked.

DS is a healthy weight, has a healthy diet, no fillings or any issues with his teeth at all. He lost his last baby tooth at 14. Agree there is no connection.

I know there is guideline to limit radiation on children by not x-raying all the time, but I strongly suggest you find another dentist because this is an astonishing failure on their part if they have no identified this problem before now.