Here is what I would do:
If her teeth are genuinely bad, give some Nurofen
Swap bath time to around 6.00pm
Massage
Then pj's and a cuddle and a final feed IN HER ROOM in the dark
Rock/cuddle
Then try putting her down.
When she crawls round in her cot, is she crying, or happy? (I ask this because all 3 of mine got to a point at around 10 months where they would "chat" to themselves at bedtime, but not cry, and at first I was worried, and it even took up to 20 mins for them to go quiet and then eventually drop off, but they were happy, so I went with it.........)
(I know you said that she has a lot of fun at bath time, but if you do it at night, this may give her the opportunity to unleash all that final energy in a fun way for you both, before she can crash in a cosy well fed, well cuddled heap of sleep.......)
With my babies, if they fell asleep in my arms, they then woke and protested when I tried to put them down too. But if I let them drop off by themselves, they were fine. Kind of like all or nothing? So I knew that if I rocked them to sleep I would be holding them all night (which was fine sometimes, but not practical all the time) OR put them to bed awake and happy, and let them nod off by themselves. Just my experience.........
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