Crooked teeth

Hi all,

DD only has eight teeth but one of them is really crooked. It's the outermost of the teeth on the top and it sits behind the bottom tooth.

DH says this means her adult teeth will be crooked. He wants to take her to the dentist. I know she's not going to sit still for that at 16 months and what could a dentist do anyway?

Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any chance that other teeth will grow in and somehow straighten up the offending tooth?

(DH is very proud of his straight teeth, and so is blaming the crookedness on my genes. Sigh.)

Lots of babies teethe come down at all angles, askew, and what not, and almost always they will straighten as they are filled in with the surrounding teeth. I wouldn't worry.

There is nothing a dentist could do about it anyhow, you will need to wait to see what her teethe will be like once she has all her adult teeth - in 12 years ;p So tell your DH to relax.

My DD has a big gap between her two top teeth and we keep being told that they will move closer together once the others come in, so I think they do move around a bit as new ones arrive.

Like Lime says, there's nothing you can do, you just have to wait and see and deal with it as necessary once her adult teeth arrive.

Her mouth will grow a lot between now and when she gets her adult teeth so her teeth will actually be moving constantly between now and when the adult ones come through. There really isn't anything that will indicate if it will affect the adult teeth when they do eventually come in - and they may come in crooked and straighten up as the others come in too.

There is nothing a dentist can do until she is approx 12yo (remember all the teenagers are the ones with braces) so try not to worry as it is out of your control and nothing you can do about it anyway for a good 10 years or so and who knows what they will be like by then.

if its realllly bad and its due to her mouth not expanding properly as she grows then she can have early intervention with plates etc..but even then thats not until 8-9 ,
Gaps are great too!! you'd rather gaps than tightly placed teeth

if it's all her baby teeth, the dentist can't do anything anyway can they?? don't they have to wait until the adult teeth come in? i wouldn't worry for another five years or so Lol.

they can do stuff earlier when some adult teeth are through.

I don't think crooked baby teeth necessarily an indicator crooked adult teeth. DS 2 front bottom teeth are angled inwards, I had the same thing when I was little. My adult teeth are straight as anything. I wouldn't be too concerned until she gets permanent teeth.

Barb - cannot add anything more than what others have said already. DD teeth are crooked. Her dad has really bad teeth but mine are pretty good aside from a gap in the top front two. I am not worrying about her teeth I figured they fall out anyway and what others have said here, there is no point doing anything with baby teeth as they don't indicate what the adult teething will be like.

Nae x

well I'm going against the grain there is nothing wrong with her seeing a dentist DS#1 had his frist visit at 15mths its not so invasive but give the dentist a good idea whats going on etc, shap of jaw

DS#2 will be going soon he is 16mths, his top 2 teethe either side of the middle seem to have come in behind the middle so I am going to get him checked just to be sure...there is no harm in having a dentist have a looksie

Thanks for all your replies.
I think DH is going to take her to the dentist anyway. I'm not so worried but I'm finding DH's constant comments about her teeth very irritating.
I showed him the first few replies on this thread and his reaction was "I don't think they know what they're talking about". Grrr.

well tell him im a dental nurse!
i also second rachs advice about a check up, they can go at any age, at this age its generally for a fun visit as their not very co operative!

and my step-father was an orthodontist :rolleyes: