delayed dentition/ missing teeth?!

[~bookcase~]

my little girl was a 32 weeker and is now 19 months but has only her middle front 4 teeth and two upper molars starting to appear this month.

my ds, her twin, has had all his appear as normal.

what's your experience mamas?

[liberal_chick]

My ds was a 30 weeker and was really slow to get teeth. I looked at a picture of him yesterday from when he was very newly 2, and he had his top and bottom 4 and 4 molars.

So, they could just be slow to come in.

[wills_mom]

DS was born at 33 weeks and I would consider him to have had normal teething. It seemed slow to me though, since his older brother got his first tooth at 3 months (YDS at 7 months) and had 14 at 1 year.

[Cinder]

My 34 weeker got teeth the quickest, she got her first at 12 weeks then not another one till 10 months, but then had them all except 1 and 2 year molars by the time she was a year old.

My 36w, 38w and 39w boys all had 1 tooth at 1 year old, and only about 4 teeth by 18 months(well, River isn't 18 months yet!)...Kincaid, 39w, didn't get his last 2 year molar till 4 years 9months old, and Travis, 38w, still has 2 he needs to get at almost 3.

I think some kids are just really slow teethers...I know DH had a lot of teeth at 1 just from pictures, but I didn't get my first tooth till 15 months, so I think it is maybe genetic.

eta: Janelle, the 34weeker, is also missing her 2 year molars entirely, they never formed, still don't show up on x-rays. Which is good, since she also had to have her 6 year molars removed before they came in due to having a really small mouth, so another 4 teeth just wouldn't fit in there at all.

[sbrinton]

My 31 weeker who is now 18 months has only 4 center teeth on top and 2 on the bottom...slow but he does fine eating so we're not worried!

At least about that.

[FiveLittleMonkeys]

All of my kids, three full term and two preemies (35 and 32 weeks) were over a year old before getting their first teeth. I think it's more genetic than anything else! I was also over a year, as were my sisters.