Help! Toddler teeth question....

[APmomma]

Hopefully someone can help me figure this out before I start panicking and blaming night nursing! My dd is 18 months old, co-sleeps and nurses day and night. She is a late teether and only has 6 full teeth in. Her top teeth just recently came all the way in and I have noticed that they appear to have little patches that are whiter than the rest of the tooth. I would say that it looks chalky, just whiter than the rest of the tooth. You really have to look close to even notice it, my dh thinks I am crazy. It also looks as though the enamel isn't fully covering her teeth. The bottom edges of her teeth look almost clear. I am really worried because Ihave read that the white patches can be the first sign of decay.
MY question is, does the enamel take some time to fully form? Is there a chance that the teeth just aren't done developing all the way and that is why they look like that? We are maticulous brushers. Every night before bed and before each nap. I also thtink that I remember her bottom teeth looking like that after they first came in and now they look totally fine.
TIA.

Robin

[lovebug]

Originally Posted by APmomma

Hopefully someone can help me figure this out before I start panicking and blaming night nursing! My dd is 18 months old, co-sleeps and nurses day and night. She is a late teether and only has 6 full teeth in. Her top teeth just recently came all the way in and I have noticed that they appear to have little patches that are whiter than the rest of the tooth. I would say that it looks chalky, just whiter than the rest of the tooth. You really have to look close to even notice it, my dh thinks I am crazy. It also looks as though the enamel isn't fully covering her teeth. The bottom edges of her teeth look almost clear. I am really worried because Ihave read that the white patches can be the first sign of decay.
MY question is, does the enamel take some time to fully form? Is there a chance that the teeth just aren't done developing all the way and that is why they look like that? We are maticulous brushers. Every night before bed and before each nap. I also thtink that I remember her bottom teeth looking like that after they first came in and now they look totally fine.

TIA.

Robin

your baby is fine!!!!!!! it is just decal. it prob. happened when you were prego (you had lots of calcum or not enough or both ) !!!!!! it also could of happend when the buds (tooth) first started to form. dont worry the chance of her have it on her adult teeth are small (as long as she brushes!!) you should also get her into the dentist at about 24mth!!! or when they get there first tooth!!!

hope this helps!!!
-kelly

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[toraji]

Well I totally disagree with the above poster. I would not think that this was fine.

It is not normal for teeth to erupt without full enamel. Enamel forms in the womb, so if the mama's diet was deficient or she was on antibiotics, then the teeth can erupt without enamel.

If you are brushing with fluoride toothpaste, then the white chalkiness (white lesions, if that is what they are) will harden up and re-enamelize. So that may have been the case with the other teeth that previously erupted.

But I would keep an eye on it, and possibly even head over to the pediatric dentist. You want to catch this stuff early, if it is indeed early stages of decay, because letting it go leads to problems as I have personally experienced.

[aimeemac]

I agree with all that was posted before. My dd has this problem and we helped her with some fluoride gel, not too much.....it has helped so much.

[JBaxter]

Former dental hygienist/now sahm I COMPLETELY agree with the PP. If the white patches are decal on the teeth those areas are MUCH weaker than normal enamel. Take you DC to a ped ( or regular ) dentist to have them checked could be just some extra fluoride gel will be all they need. There are some children who have geneticly defective enamel that is not connected to bf or bottles a former dental hygienist friend of mine 2nd DD had that happen and she was a brush/floss fanatic. You just dont want it to progress to decay that is not fixable.

[lovebug]

"My dd is 18 months old, co-sleeps and nurses day and night. She is a late teether and only has 6 full teeth in. Her top teeth just recently came all the way in and I have noticed that they appear to have little patches that are whiter than the rest of the tooth."





all i was tring to say is dont freak!!!! its not decay!!! as i said she needs to get dd into the dentist. most moms that come into my office with this prob think that it is somthing that did or that it is decay!!!!!!! also that it with prop. diet dd should not have this on her adult teeth!!!!!!! the poster also said that she was scared and it is not something that she needs to go to the ER about!!!!!!!!!!!! thats all!!!!!!!! and MOST of the time the white spots are that the teeth have re-mineralize already!!!!!!!


sorry if everyone thaough that i gave the wrong advice!!!!!!!! but that is what i would do knowing what i know!!!! and seeing it everyday!!!!

[loomweaver]

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