What causes slow teething in babies?

In daily life, many mothers are worried about their children’s dental problems, especially what to do when the baby’s teeth are slow to come out? What is the reason? Today I will share some knowledge with you, let’s take a look!

In fact, children usually start to grow teeth half a year after birth, and they will have all 20 deciduous teeth by the time they are 2 to 2 and a half years old. The number of deciduous teeth in children under 2 years old: 2 (months) to 4 (or 6). For example, the number of deciduous teeth a child has at the age of one year is approximately: 12 (months old) ~ 4 (or 6) - 8 (or 6). If the baby's deciduous teeth have not erupted by the time the baby is one year old, it is called delayed eruption of deciduous teeth. I once saw a little girl who was almost 4 years old, but the two lower teeth that should have grown out first had never grown out. This is a manifestation of late eruption of deciduous teeth. What are the reasons for delayed eruption of deciduous teeth?

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Whether a child's teeth erupt early or late is largely related to the genetic characteristics of the child's father and mother.

Vitamin D deficiency. Vitamin D is an important substance involved in tooth calcification. When vitamin D is deficient, incomplete enamel development and calcification may occur, which may cause delayed eruption of deciduous teeth.

Some children with pituitary dwarfism have slow growth and development due to anterior pituitary insufficiency and growth hormone deficiency, and their deciduous teeth will also come out late accordingly.

To add, some local dental lesions may also cause the delayed eruption of children's deciduous teeth.

Through the editor’s sharing above, you have a certain understanding of the causes and symptoms of slow teething in your baby. Then in the future life, everyone must do a good job of baby’s health care, so that the baby can have healthy teeth!