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11 months... no teeth!

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zombiemeow · 21/10/2015 12:16

Ds is almost 11 months old has no teeth and no signs at all of them coming anytime soon.

He is under a consultant for cmpa, he saw his consultant last month who looked at his gums and said they were healthy.

It's starting to worry me as a few friends have had babies after I had ds and they all have a couple of teeth now.

Any late teethers out there?

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Passmethecrisps · 21/10/2015 12:18

My dd didn't get teeth until 11 months. My next door neighbour's kids didn't get teeth until well into their first year.

My dd also had cmpi - not sure it is related though.

The teeth will come when they are ready.

Theonethatgotaway772 · 21/10/2015 12:19

Both my dc didn't have any teeth till after their 1st birthdays.

MissRainbowBrite · 21/10/2015 12:20

DD was 13 months when her first tooth broke through, I thought they were never going to come!

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thingamajig · 21/10/2015 12:22

None of my three had teeth till after they were 1. Neither did I. I also lost my baby teeth relatively late as DD1 seems to be. Keeps your grown up teeth safe in your gums for longer.

GothicRainbow · 21/10/2015 12:25

My DS was 11 months and he got 4 (2 top front and 2 bottom front) all in one hit, he was pretty miserable but they only took a week to appear.

My dentist wasn't concerned and said the best place for his teeth to be was in the gums for as long as possible as then at least they are not getting sugar damage etc!

My DS is now 2.5 and just has his final back molars that need to appear but we don't expect to see them until he's closer to 3 as he's only just finished cutting his eye teeth.

On the plus side the older/bigger they are the more calpol they can have to help with the pain! Plus we found DS was much easier to distract and keep entertained to stop him focusing so much on the pain.

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zombiemeow · 21/10/2015 13:00

So good to hear

I was panicking as I thought I was the only one. When I told the consultant there's no sign of teeth he looked concerned and said that he should have some by now, but he just checked his mouth and told me to wait it out.

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mrsmugoo · 21/10/2015 14:28

Mine was after a year too. He's 19 months now and still has loads to go!

umiaisha · 21/10/2015 14:49

My eldest didn't get any until she was 13 months old. According to my grandma the later the better as the teeth are stronger and they suffer less with teething. My sister and I were the same and neither of us have a filling at 35 and 32!

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zombiemeow · 21/10/2015 17:57

Thanks everyone. Let's hope they come through and are stronger and healthier for it!

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LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 21/10/2015 19:42

I have a relative who is a dentist and mine got teeth late.

She told me that it is totally normal for the first tooth to come through any time up to 18 months. There is a very wide spectrum of normal. Only after 18 mths would a dentist consider follow up (like maybe an x ray to check they are under there!).

YouBastardSockBalls · 21/10/2015 19:53

My 15 month old has just got her first tooth
We considered throwing a party!

Blackkat13 · 21/10/2015 20:06

My first tooth arrived on my first birthday, my DC's didn't get theirs till they were nearly one too.
If your concerned you could take your DC to the dentist for a checkup..

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zombiemeow · 21/10/2015 20:54

Is there a chance they aren't under there this has been my fear

I think you should throw a party for the tooth, think I will plan one when ds gets his.

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Passmethecrisps · 21/10/2015 21:04

My mil apparently took my DH to the doctor. She was terribly concerned as DH had no teeth as yet.

The stern doc scowled at her before saying "madam. Have you ever met a gentleman his twenties with no teeth?"

I am sure it does happen but it must be terribly unusual.

Luckystar1 · 21/10/2015 21:05

My DS has 10 teeth at 11 months, it is honestly, not some to celebrate, especially as I'm still breastfeeding.... There has been blood...

Skiingmaniac · 21/10/2015 21:07

16 months for my ds and 9 months for dd - all unique ??

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 21/10/2015 21:33

It is vanishingly unlikely that there are no teeth - though it is a medical condition. It is more common - though still rare - for one or two to be missing. It is also a possible medical condition to have milk teeth but no adult ones. It's like any body part - children can be born with one kidney or whatever.

Put it this way, my relative has been practising 30 years and has never seen a child with no teeth. Or had a colleague who has.

You are really not in the realms of even notably late at this stage. The same relative gets rather annoyed that the internet baby sites often say 6-12 months is 'normal'. She says normal is much wider - basically birth to 18 months. With plenty of kids being after their first birthday (that was true for two of my three, and one cut the 18 month deadline pretty fine ).

onlywhenyouleave · 21/10/2015 21:40

My DS was 13 months before his first tooth appeared. I mentioned it once to an acquaintance who was a health visitor and she said that the later they get their teeth, the later they lose them so their adult teeth are better as they also come later (if that makes sense). Anyway, he is now nearly 7 and still has all his baby teeth so I do believe there is something in what she said - he is desperate to lose a tooth as he is the only child in his class not to have lost any and his best friend who is 7 months younger has lost about 5!!

Bunbaker · 21/10/2015 22:11

DD cut her first tooth on her first birthday. Please don't worry.

1down1togo · 21/10/2015 22:17

Ds1 got first tooth at 15 months
19 and at uni has one baby tooth that has still not falling out
Dentist said its fine

futureme · 21/10/2015 22:19

It's very very rare to have no teeth at all. I have no second teeth and live in fear of my kids being the same. However its so very very rare that every consultant/dentist wants to look/meet me when I go places!

My daughter is nearly 7 and hasn't lost her milk teeth but apparently the gums look "ok" according to the dentist. I think they might be able to tell there's something there but not out yet?

LibrariesGaveUsP0wer · 21/10/2015 22:29

futureme - Wow. I've only heard of one person before (male, so not you, unless you are that rare man on MN).

They can tell on an x-ray that there are second teeth.

wizzler · 21/10/2015 22:32

DS was 13 months when he lost his first tooth. He is now 11 and has only lost 6. Dentist says nothing to worry about!

ouryve · 21/10/2015 22:34

Both of mine were almost a year before they got any teeth.

ShelaghTurner · 21/10/2015 22:36

My 7yo nephew has only 3 teeth and no more in his gums. It is part of a condition though with other presenting factors so doubt very much that's the case here. However, no one flagged it when he was a baby and he was turned 2 before anyone investigated so the dentists aren't always right. You could see a 20 year old man with no teeth and it'll be him. It does happen

But at a year old I wouldn't worry at all.

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