late arriving baby teeth

[Phoebe]

Has anyone heard or experienced their baby having teeth come in late and the result of more teeth problems? I heard this somewhere.

Our 9 month old has no teeth so far while our other two both had them at 6 months. Our ped says she has seen the first tooth arrive as late as 16 months.

Jennifer

[PrincessFiona]

Jenn,

Alex's teeth arrived late and....with very little enamel covering them. As a result, he had a lot of dental issues. I don't know if the late teeth had anything to do with it though....He is our only child so far to have had that problem.... but his adult teeth are fine.

kris

[Meenah]

Amy had her first tooth at 9 months and Caroline had her first at 4 months. They are now grown with beautiful smiles and no problems.