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[ceilydhmama]

We have a dd with problem teeth too. She had no refined sugars until 30 mos or so and has never been fond of breads and other starchy foods. The Dentist says it looks like pure genetics at work. blah. It sucks to feel so helpless.

[MCatLvrMom2A&X]

Night nursing has been proven to not cause cavities it is genetic and is also caused from the bacteria that causes cavies given to the child by sharing drinks food and kisses. Once decay starts on weak teeth nursing after that can have a effect on the decay making it go faster. My dd who is 5yo night nursed every single night every 1-3 hours till she was 32months old and never had a problem only now does she have cavities. Yet my ds who is 18mo as soon as his 4 top teeth came in they started to decay the dentists i took him to did try to blame it on night nursing I wont be going back to those dentists as they are ignorent about bfing and teeth decay. His teeth just came in weak the enamal to thin and it chippes of easily He still nursing all thru the night and will continue to do so as long as he needs it.

[EviesMom]

QUESTION: For you mamas who have gone through this major dental work on your 3-ish year olds... is this common? Were your babes breastfed/ night nursers? Did they drink juice? Is there any advice you can pass along for other mamas to help avoid the major dental experience at such a young age??

There's a lot of info on nutrition and curing cavities with special diets in this forum. But here are two more mainstream things I'm doing with my dentist's advice: 1) a tiny tiny smear of flouride toothpaste once a day and starting on the teeth with the cavities. Flouride helps teeth remineralize, and can actually cure some minor holes. 2) rinsing dd's teeth off with a medicine dropper of water if she falls asleep after anything other than nursing (like we leave a restaurant and she falls asleep on the way home).

Also, I wanted to say, what I'll do differently for the next child(ren) is start brushing as soon as the baby teeth come in, see a dentist as soon as the baby teeth come in, talk to her about the value of sealants and think about that, and keep my own teeth in better condition.

Here's my saga and opinon: My dd has 2 cavities. The first dentist we saw said 4 and wanted to do sedation right away, but our much better new dentist said there were three at the first visit, and now a month later there's just two. The third remineralized and is just a stain now. We're watching them and may need to fill them eventually but it'll be a minor process while I hold dd. Hers are only on her first set of molars, so it's not from nursing, and she's always been a frequent night nurser. It's debated whether "baby bottle tooth decay" can happen from nursing as well, but it always starts on the backs of the front teeth, so it's not what's going on with my daughter in any case. Hers are probably from antibiotics during pregnancy making just that set of molars weaker, and then the fact that I had a cavity that needed to be filled, and so ended up sharing the bacteria that cause cavities with dd. (Most adults carry these bacteria normally, but kids have to get them from someone initially. When you have an active cavity (unfilled), they're multiplying much more frequently and spread more easily.)

[Lyci]

Originally Posted by EviesMom

then the fact that I had a cavity that needed to be filled, and so ended up sharing the bacteria that cause cavities with dd. (Most adults carry these bacteria normally, but kids have to get them from someone initially. When you have an active cavity (unfilled), they're multiplying much more frequently and spread more easily.)

that's interesting. Ds loves to give us sloppy kisses on the mouth and dh and I both have active cavities that need to be filled. I talked to the dentist this morning and we are going to attempt filling the front teeth with ds on my lap. We'll see how it goes, the appoint is next Monday. Between now and then I am going to find recordings of drills so he understands the noise. Dumb idea?

So what are the things I can do to remineralize the teeth that we aren't going to work on? (I'm looking for a synopsis)