My son is 15 months old and has only two teeth so far, the two he has are his canine's (the fangs). I know they can come in at anytime and really any order, im just wondering if any one know when the rest may start to pop up? I never even knew when he got the first two because his gumes never hurt him and they weren't white like evryone said. My luck he will get his molers before his front ones lol. And he only got his first tooth at 14 months and second one has not broke through the skin yet so really he has one tooth. Guess they will be strong teeth.
My friends girl did not get her first tooth until 15 months, another friends baby was only a few weeks. There really is no rhyme or reason to it.
I have a friend whose son didn't get any teeth until he was over a year old and as you can see from the answers below, it does happen. The order does seem a bit odd to me though and I would probably have that checked out. Now I disagree with the response that children typically see a dentist by age two. That's actually not common and only fairly recently did the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommend a first visit after the first tooth erupts. The AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) still doesn't recommend a first visit until age three. In either case, there is no reason to expose a baby to the radiation from an x-ray at this point unless there were a problem. My sister is a dental hygienist who works in a pediatric dentistry office and her recommendation is still to have the first visit sometime after the 3rd birthday unless there is a problem or a history of early cavities in the family.
In any case...he's probably just a late teether but you can bring him to a dentist if you want some reassurance. Normally the bottom two middle teeth come in first, followed but the two top middle teeth, then the top incisors, then the rest. The cuspids (the canine teeth or fangs) usually come in sometime around 18 months so it is unusual for those to be in while the others are not.
They really can come in at any time. No one knows exactly when. There is no "should." The order they come out doesn't matter and isn't something that needs to be "checked out."
There's no rush. It's not a sign of anything bad. His teeth will be stronger for coming in later.
Thank you for answering my question, i did call the dentist and we are going to be going in. I just wanted to see what you ladys had to say about it, lucky his teeth that are in are white and coming in strat so far.
Thanks again
My oldest didn't get her first tooth until she was a year old. And even then, she had only ONE tooth. Right up top at the front. So she looked like a total hillbilly, poor little thing! It took several months for more teeth to come in, but once they did, she got them ALL at once. By the time she was 2, she had all of her baby teeth (except for the 6 year molars, obviously).
So you would think it would have taken until she was older to start losing teeth, right? Nope. She started losing them when she had just turned 5, and lost her last baby tooth at 10. She's turning 11 and has a full mouth of adult teeth.
When it comes to teeth, there is no rhyme or reason to when they grow in OR when they fall out!
Haven't you had him to the dentist yet? The X-rays could tell you this...lol. I believe that most pediatric dentists start seeing kiddos before they are 1 if needed. Most have their kids seen at least once before they're 2.
My youngest didn't get teeth till she was 2 and still at 3 doesn't have all of them. Most of my kids are/were late teethers.
My younger child also teethed late. Your son might get more teeth in batches. I am more concerned that the teeth emerging aren't white. I agree with a dentist visit now that he has at least one tooth.
