My DS hasnt lost any baby teeth yet

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What age should they start loosing them?
I'm pretty sure my daughter started loosing hers about 5, hes almost 7 and they are still solid not even wobbling slightly 🤣

My child is 7.5 and only just lost their first tooth. No signs of any others wobbling yet.

Our son was 9 and they all went almost at once lol but can happen anytime between 6-12 years still got another 3 to lose them

@TheHound86 ah ok, all children must lose them at different ages

My son is 7 and a half and hasn't lost any yet. He actually has the dentist on Wednesday to review, because my son gets upset about it.

Also 7.5 here and no wobbly ones. He's desperate to join in with the whole process.

DC2 is nearly 6 and no wobbles either.

We had the same. Dentist had a quick look and said if there was still nothing moving by the time he was 8 he would consider doing a bit more investigation. Half a dozen teeth had gone by the time we next visited the dentist. His brothers teeth went much earlier but apparently not a concern whilst at primary school.

Mine was nearly 7 when his started to fall out - I remember him being upset because he was only one last in his class who had never had a visit from the tooth fairy! He was in Y2 at school. Lots of his friends were gappy in Reception and Y1 and I did start to worry but it was fine.

My eldest had lost all her baby teeth by the time she was 10, my youngest didn't start losing hers until she was almost 8 and still has at least 4 at almost 11. It does mean the tooth fairy never really visited her!

Even within a family teeth vary wildly, I wouldn't worry just yet - but I'd keep an eye on whether the adult teeth are coming in behind the baby ones just in case you need dentist support (the baby ones not moving can affect the alignment of the adult ones...that happened with my eldest).

This has been my worry too . My ds nearly 8 has only lost two bottom teeth and only came out this year . He had dentist appointment Friday and they said it’s really normal for boys to loose their teeth later than girls

My daughter has lost 4 and has another wobbly one and she's only 5. My son was later, think his first was at 6.

My dc hadn’t lost any baby teeth and she was about eight. Then one day she threw her head back and laughed and she had a whole row of new teeth above the old ones!

6 is the normal age to start losing some lower incisors. You must must must keep an eye out for the big adult molars, they grow behind the last baby tooth and need to last forever. So please look for them and keep them clean!!

Underweight children will lose teeth later, boys are a bit behind girls.

please look for the first adult molars. They are the teeth which will need fillings if they come in unnoticed.

I'm 63 and still have all my baby teeth

DSD was 9, almost 10, when she lost her first tooth. So it can be normal.

It’s really not “normal”. 12-18months or so is “within normal limits” but several years can indicate problems. For example, delayed eruption can indicate delayed puberty, there are dozens of reasons for this but it’s not “normal”. It needs investigation and possible intervention, not ignoring!

Really interesting, he had a filling on a baby tooth around 4 months ago and the dentist didnt seem to concerned that he hadnt lost any, just said he must have super strong teeth (to him.)
If they havent started to wobble after Christmas I'll book another appointment, been a nightmare getting dentist appointments since covid

Has he got his first permanent molars? Needing fillings in baby teeth is a big risk factor for decay in these adult teeth.

@Silverdogblue not yet the dentist said no permanent teeth yet

Have you had a look? They could very easily have appeared in 4 months. Remember, you share the responsibility with your dentist, it’s not solely up to them to keep your child’s teeth healthy!

@Silverdogblue no and I do keep his teeth as healthy as I can, he brushes twice a day the filling wasnt because of decay, a piece of his tooth snapped off. It wasnt rotten, not sure how it snapped but a section was missing

DD(16) lost her first tooth at 5 and we've ended up having 6 pulled out this past 6 months on the advice of the orthodontist as her adult teeth looked to be heading down in odd directions.

She was saying that some of her friends had list them all by 8 or 9.

At one point we did have xrays to check she did have adult teeth in waiting.

My son lost his late (and slowly) and he has hypodontia, which means he doesn't have all of his adult teeth and so will never lose all of his baby teeth.

Worth keeping in mind.

My son lost his first at 4 and now at 6 has lost 4 so far.

Ds started losing his later, he was about 7.5 I think, but he had 'shark teeth', his adult teeth came in behind his baby teeth. He's 16 now, still has two baby teeth, which the dentist is going to pull, and is waiting for a brace due to his adult teeth being misaligned and overlapping. He qualifies for a brace on the NHS but the wait is so long, he'll probably end up with a brace into his early 20s