My Baby and the Dentist - When Does Teething Start?
Channel: DrLongVo
Date: 2012-01-23

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Here's a question that was written to us, when does my baby start teething and until what age? Well clearly this is a mom of a very young child. What's the age range of when the baby would start teething?

Dr. Long: At the age of six to seven months, that's where the first baby teeth come out.

Charlie: I would say come in but you're saying come out, is that how you would...

Dr. Long: Yes.

Charlie: Okay. Okay. Show up. That are there.

Dr. Long: Erupt.

Charlie: Erupt.

Dr. Long: Yes.

Charlie: There you go.

Dr. Long: At that stage it is very important to brush the teeth. That's why we want to prepare mommy to have the skills before the teeth come in.

Charlie: What if I'm 10 months into my baby being with me and there are still no teeth.

Dr. Long: That's okay.

Charlie: Is that something to be concerned about?

Dr. Long: Everybody's different, right? Six months is just an average, the important thing is really the sequence so eventually all the baby teeth should erupt by the age of two and a half to three years. Everybody is different, it varies, it's not that important. As long as we understand that we have to promote good hygiene and know and have the sills to take care of those teeth when they come out that's really the important thing.

Charlie: Do they always come in the say order? Am I seeing two lower ones first?

Dr. Long: There is a sequence which is more important than the timing. The bottom would come out and then the two top teeth would come out. Then the two laterals which are beside the two fronts would come out, then at the top. Sometimes the molars come out before and at the end are usually the canines that come out.

Charlie: So that we're clear here, is terminology on coming out doesn't mean put under the pillow for the tooth fairy.

Dr. Long: Yes, eruption.

Charlie: Into the mouth, I just want to make sure. Because I have to get used to that. Okay so somewhere six months to tow and a half years.

Dr. Long: Yes.

Charlie: Okay. Great.

Dr. Marc: Dr. Julie when you're taking care of your child's mouth before the teeth show, what are the earliest signs that a tooth is going to start erupting? How do you know? What do you see? What should a mom be alert for?

Dr. Julie: Often baby may start to be fussier but often you can see a little bump around the gum and that's usually an indication of a tooth arriving. When you see that, it's a good time to start rubbing around those gums as well so that you can facilitate teething. 

Dr. Marc: Does that help then... You're saying that it makes it easier for the tooth to actually erupt through the gum by doing that massage?

Dr. Julie: Yes. To break through. By massaging you can help the teeth come in a bit earlier so hopefully the baby won't be in discomfort for a very long period of time. With the teething it's not a fun time for them, it's irritated and tender.

Dr. Marc: Sure it's kind of painful. Right, yeah. They don't call it erupting for nothing.

Dr. Julie: Yes. The key is that when you start to see the teeth coming in that you have to start brushing the teeth. 

Dr. Marc: Right away.

Dr. Julie: Right away. We have the question, when should I start brushing my kid's teeth and they've got the teeth in for a while.

Dr. Marc: As soon as that surface of the tooth is showing then it's vulnerable.

Dr. Julie: The minute the teeth erupt in the mouth they are prone to decay. When the teeth arrive you should start to brush the teeth.

Dr. Marc: Right. Okay.
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