Patient's question:
My child is already one year old and hasn't cut their teeth yet. My friend said this is a sign of rickets. Is late teething a symptom of rickets?Doctor's answer:
The milk teeth of children begin to erupt between April and October, and they are usually fully erupted by the age of two and a half. The specific age at which a child gets their teeth and the number of teeth they get varies from child to child. However, if a child has not erupted their milk teeth by the age of one, it is called delayed milk tooth eruption. The eruption of milk teeth has a great individual variation and is related to genetics, endocrine, and food texture. Delayed tooth eruption can be a factor of genetics, but in clinical practice, delayed milk tooth eruption caused by rickets is also not uncommon. As always, it's best to check the blood alkaline phosphatase at the hospital. If there is indeed a deficiency, then proper treatment should be administered.