Losing Teeth Question

I have heard of it taking a while. I wouldn't worry too much. Certainly ask the dentist at his January appointment, but I wouldn't rush to make an EXTRA appointment just for this.

My daughter is 11 and has been slow to lose her baby teeth (they came in pretty quickly when she was a baby--- well before she was one). She had 4 pulled this summer per recommendation from the orthodontist, to hopefully stimulate her permanent ones to move up and come in. So far, they have not. It' been 6 months now. Not really a surprise, but, during that time, she has also lost 3 other teeth on her own. 2 of them on the same day. 2 of the three came in fairly quickly. One of them, we are still waiting for, and it has been over a month now. I'm not concerned though. I know they are THERE.... seen them on the xrays. :)

Ask the dentist to allay your fears, but don't worry. I'm sure everything is just fine.

My kids didn't have this issue, but a kid in my neighborhood was missing just one of his top front teeth for almost 2 years! One grew in right away but the other took forever. I always thought it was strange looking, but apparently my friend had visited the dentist and was told he'd be fine. And now he is. Hopefully you're in the same situation.

Has he been to the dentist yet? By this age, he should be due for xrays. When he gets them, you will see a whole set of adult teeth in there. They are there, he just hasn't had them pop up yet.

This sounds totally normal to me. It really depends upon the kid. My two girls are polar opposites this way - the older one feels the slightest wiggle in a tooth, and wiggles it mercilessly until it falls out. Usually from first wiggle until it falls out is about a week. Sometimes it takes months for the new tooth to grow in. Now, my younger daughter will have a wiggly tooth and completely leave it alone. No wiggling, no playing with it, nothing. It took her a YEAR to lose her first two teeth! A full year! Meanwhile, her adult teeth were growing in behind them, like shark teeth. It was creepy. Anyway, there's a very wide range of normal for the adult teeth to grow in. Also, if the adult teeth are quite large, they may need more room to grow in, so a few more baby teeth might have to fall out first.

** Just FYI, if his adult teeth are large, make an appointment with a good orthodontist NOW. They can put a palette expander in his mouth so the adult teeth have more room to grow in (and hopefully grow in straight). I know 6 seems young, but by the time I took my older daughter in at 9, they told me it was too late to expand her jaw because she had already started losing molars (which is what they attach the expander to)! Ugh.

your best bet is to take him to a dentist and have them do an xray on his mouth and then you'll be able to see where the teeth are. and my son had teeth come in fast when he was a baby and at the age 10 he just lost his last baby tooth....remember some molars are baby teeth too!!!