17 month old going to have an overbite?

[talon]

I was visiting the neighbours yesterday and when we turned up a lady from across the road was chatting to our neighbours out the front. I have never met this lady before this.

Anyway, our neighbour introduced us to her and she was looking at DS who gave her a big smile and the first thing she said was "oh, he is going to have an overbite" and then started to carry on about how her kids had overbites and not to let the dentist pull teeth out blah blah blah.

I was a bit taken aback and now I can't get that stupid comment out of my mind! :mad: ARGH! I am really annoyed that she could make a comment like that based on a two second glance in my son's mouth when he smiled at her.

Now its playing on my mind though and I'm wondering if you can actually tell something like that at such an early age? He has most of his baby teeth now. His two top "fangs" (as I call them) are just coming through now. All his molars are there.

So do you think you can tell at this age or is it too soon?

[jembelina]

I think some people should just mind their own damn business!!! I have no idea whether or not you can tell at such a young age, but I seriously doubt it, especially considering he doesn't even have all his teeth yet! Besides, if it were the case I imagine there would be really nothing you could do about it now anyway. Don't worry and try to put that ridiculous comment out of your head:hugs:

[the_queen]

^ what she said.

Seriously, Vallerie has to see a paediatric dentist and also the orthadontist, to do with her cleft stuff, and they have predicted, by way of x-rays and regular photography, that she will probably have an underbite (quite common in cleft-affected kids, and requiring extra facial surgery in their teens) but they can't tell for sure until her top teeth come through.
So this weirdy-beardy stranger-lady has NO idea what she is on about!! She couldn't tell that from just looking - sounds to me like she has some kind of negative self-talk going on about her kids' teeth, and needs to go on and on about it in order to justify what happened to them. Which means it's ALL about her, and you just happened to be the innocent bystander.
Don't stress chicky!!:hugs:

[InSaneOne]

don't take any notice. he might have a tendancy for an overbite but you wouldn't be able to tell until his adult teeth come in. which is several years away. i wouldn't worry - people can manage quite well with an overbite anyway. i would forget about it until a dentist tells you otherwise. they can always see the dentists at school and they will tell you if he needs to see an orthodontist or not.

[talon]

Thanks gals - I don't know why I am letting it get to me. :rolleyes: She just said it so flippantly which makes me even madder.


I wish people would either think before they speak or just zip it altogether. I suppose it just touched a nerve because my husband has pretty bad teeth and we are both crossing our fingers that DS doesn't inherit them. Very expensive to fix and uncomfortable for him etc.

I know I should just forget about it - stupid woman!!!!! :banghead: