Teeth - How late can they come through?

I'm not worried about it at the moment as Caitlin is only 8 months old. But I was just wondering how late can it be before the first teeth appear? a year?

She originally started teething around 4 months old, red cheeks and heaps of drooling, but she seems to have stopped teething now She's not mouthing things as much as she used to and the same with the drooling (I used to have to put a bib on her continuously!) but now nothing.

I think with some babies it can be a year before they start coming through. Don't worry Toni, she'll get the little chompers in her own good time At least she can't bite you yet OUCH!

jade was teething for MONTHS too, she got her fiirst tooth (a molar) at just over 13 months then her next tooth (another molar) at 14 months.

She might be one of those kids who doesn't get any teeth

Just kidding, I remember wondering the same thing. Ella had her first and second come within days of each other, first one was at 10 months

cool, thanks heaps ladies. I'll hold off on ordering her a set of dentures then

Bay got his first tooth at 13 months! and the rest took ages!!! to come up! he got his last 2 teeth just before he turned 3!.
And then theres me! i didnt get my first tooth until i was just over 2 years old! and as someone has said above (not to blow my own horn or anything! lol) i have very straight teeth and havnt had any probs with them (except for the odd toothache).

Isla has 2 teeth at the bottom and I think shes getting another at the top, and shes only just 5 months old. I think the thing about having straight teeth if they get them later on must be right, cos you can already see that ones of hers is crooked! Her Dad got his at this age, and his are so crooked he calls them "sheep teeth"!!

My grandma tells everyone Mum didn't get her first tooth till she was gone one. Maya was an early teether,got her first one at 5 mths and had a full set including 2 yr molars by 18 mths, but no signs of teeth in the gremlins (I don't count dribbling coz they are dribbly drooly babies all the time )

I've never heard that before. I cut my first two teeth at 3 1/2 months and DH started at 8mos... by 12 months of age I had 8 teeth through and DH had 4 LOL. But I have fairly straight teeth (although I have one which is rotated about 90 deg - weird) and DH has slightly crooked. Neither of us had/needed braces.