Hi,
1st post as I'm a little concerned about my son who is 11
We are in the UK but I guess that's not a problem
My son started having problems when around age 6 or 7 his baby teeth did't start to become loose or fall out. Dental X Rays showed that he is missing 2 permanent teeth in the upper jaw and 3 missing in the bottom jaw. He is under the local dental hospital and they see him every 6 months. Yesterday we went and they say that he also has microdontia as the permanent teeth that are coming through are small.
Now, he doesn't have any other developmental problems to our knowledge - he seems to be growing nice and tall although he's very slim! I made the mistake of googling the problems and it seems that it can be linked to developmental problems and low growth and hormone deficiency etc.
So, I'm quite worried now - should I follow this up with our GP for blood tests to check hormone levels?
Is this Hypodontia and Microdontia really uncommon? Starting to worry now...
1st post as I'm a little concerned about my son who is 11
We are in the UK but I guess that's not a problem
My son started having problems when around age 6 or 7 his baby teeth did't start to become loose or fall out. Dental X Rays showed that he is missing 2 permanent teeth in the upper jaw and 3 missing in the bottom jaw. He is under the local dental hospital and they see him every 6 months. Yesterday we went and they say that he also has microdontia as the permanent teeth that are coming through are small.
Now, he doesn't have any other developmental problems to our knowledge - he seems to be growing nice and tall although he's very slim! I made the mistake of googling the problems and it seems that it can be linked to developmental problems and low growth and hormone deficiency etc.
So, I'm quite worried now - should I follow this up with our GP for blood tests to check hormone levels?
Is this Hypodontia and Microdontia really uncommon? Starting to worry now...