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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did your son lose his baby teeth early?  Usually there’s a correlation.  Same thing with feet growth.  Those kids who had their feet growth spurt in 5th/6th are typically done growing around age 14.[/quote]

NP. My son lost his first tooth in 1st grade and his front teeth in 2nd grade (age 7) which did seem late at the time compared to classmates. Is this really late though? He started puberty in the middle of 9th grade. In 11th and hope he is still growing. He is 5’10”, dad is 6 ft, mom 5’5” and sisters 5’9” and 5’8”. [/quote]

I’ve heard that feet growth is a bigger indicator than teeth.[/quote]

I think it matters more so when the adult teeth come in.  My child is 13 with baby teeth and hasn’t started puberty.  He’s late but so is starting in middle 9th grade.  How tall was he when he started puberty though?  5’10” with a six foot father is a bit surprising.[/quote]

No correlation for my 14.5 yr old son. He is just staring puberty and lost his first tooth at 5. He's had a bone age study and was 6-12 months behind his chronological age. My DD is only 11 but lost her first tooth at 4 and will also be a late bloomer. I had asked their dentist about this at the time thinking it was early and he also said no correlation. [/quote]

The bone study is not an exact science.  Anything within a year give or take is normal.   [/quote]

My younger son lost teeth late into elementary school/middle school. He turns 17 in 1 month and some of his second molars (not the wisdom teeth- the second molars that usually come in between 12-14). He just had to have an impacted one surgically removed--no space in jaw.

When he had a foot xray for sports injury at 15 his growth plates were wide open.  He just started to grow at 16.  He has a lot of growing left to do.

Older brother grew late (but not as late as younger one). We saw older brother tall--until 5th grade--then by 8th was on the shorter side.  He was 5'4" Freshmen year and graduated 5'11" and now over 6 feet as a freshman in college.

The younger one was 5'3" freshmen year HS and a junior and now about 5'8"-5'9"- but not shaving, baby face--just really starting to grow --and 17 in a month.[/quote]

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