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Originally Posted by sharr610  DS is 19.5 months. We just went into his first dental appointment. Besides not really liking the dentist one bit, it just didn't go well. DS has decay on top teeth and perhaps a back molar(he is only missing his 2 yo mlars at this point). He suggested putting him under and hospital to fix it(is this right? Its what my ped said as well) but we can start with a "pre-med" to shave down the sides of the teeth to see what the deal is and they might not be deep and can be stopped by shaving down.
I don't know what to do...I know I need to find a new dentist because this one was just horrible in his demeanor, but I want to go into a new one with better ammo. DS will not drink milk or the things needed to heal cavities. He is tough to get his teeth brushed and does a minimal job himself. He sometimes will only eat fruit...
I'm so sad right now...I feel like a horrible mom.
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Don't let anyone, especially yourself, make you feel like a horrible mom. I agree with the other 2 responses 100%, but something you can do on your own if you have a health food store anywhere around, get some Xylitol crystals. I'd suggest Spiffies but a lot of Health food stores have never heard about them, the following is a link to their website
www.spiffies.com.
Make a syrup of 1 tsp Xylitol + 1 tsp water and wipe this on your little ones teeth [DO NOT RINSE IT OFF], this will halt any acids that are rotting his teeth. Xylitol is sweet so he probably won't object too badly about it. You can also add the Xylitol to his toothpaste but check first to make sure there isn't a POISON WARNING LABEL on his toothpaste tube.
If his toothpaste is minty flavored, he probably doesn't really like it, my son - now almost 4 - says its hot in his mouth. We use Tom's of Maine Silly Strawberry No-Fluoride and I add 2 grams of Xylitol crystals to it each time my son brushes and then spread the Xylitol syrup on his teeth so they're well protected.
Check out
www.zellies.com,
www.epicdental.com,
www.xlear.com for more information about Xylitol.
Actually my mom discovered that as important as calcium is to teeth it isn't as important as silica. Without the silica the calcium doesn't absorb well. We use homeopathic cell salts for my son. Every day he gets 2 each of:
Calcerea phos 6X [Calcium Phosphate]
Calcerea fluor 6X [Calcium Fluoride]
Calcarea carbonica 6X [calcium carbonate]
Mag phos 6X [Magnesia Phosphate]
Natrum phos 6X [Natrum phosphate]
Silica 6X [Silicea]
I haven't a clue of how they work, but my son's dentist remarks every time he sees him how strong my son's teeth are, and this is for a little boy who was supposed to have major surgery for dental decay to the tune of $3400 when he was 18 mo old.
He still has all of his baby teeth, the little cavities have all remineralized, the one big one has been halted, etc.. And you can do it too! Just don't expect it to be instantaneous! It took 6 months for my mom and me to begin to to get his mouth clean of the acids rotting his teeth and reverse his cavities.
Now we have a great dentist who is encouraging our efforts.
Hope it all works out.
