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*Edited to add: This dentist is out there telling all these other parents this I am sure. He is pretty much telling them, myself included, that formula is better for teeth. This place was packed! We waited over 2 hours to be seen and a few people said the wait is always like that. Someone needs to stop him!* *Oh! Plus while I am back there one assistant tells a little boy to stop it when he starts to cry. She said it in a very rude way. Mean way. Repeats it a few more times. Says in a snippy way that it doesn't hurt and continues drilling away.* *And a poor me- why do I find all the bad dentists??? Even at my first dentist visit when I was 10 months old he punched me in the stomach!!!!*
Before I start this I must make it clear that I am totally for breastfeeding.
I was totally infuriated yesterday at my 20 month old's dentist appointment. That I drove to Lakeland for mind you- 1 1/2 hours away from where we live!
The dentist doesn't say hello to Sarah or me. Just says- lay her down here and hold her arms like this. (I told Sarah we were going to brush her teeth and at home we do this while she lays on her changing table so she did not struggle or cry) He looks in her mouth and starts telling the assistant what work needs to be done. Then asks me if she was nursed- I say yes and he says this is from nursing. (her decay) I ask if the chances for 'bottle rot' are greater with bottle feeding and he says no. He told me the sugars in breastmilk are much higher and harsher on the teeth than Similac, and any other formula. I ask if it could have been caused because her teeth are genetically prone to decay. (my first dentist appointment as a baby was at 10 months for decay) He says no, this is from breastmilk.
They try to set an appointment and I am still seeing what my options are since they do accept medicaid and will use sedation on her. Then I find out that he won't even do composite fillings anyhow!!! All that time- all that way to drive- him giving me doubts about breastfeeding and nothing to show for it. I tell them - no amalgam (the mercury, i mean "silver" fillings) and she tells me in a round about way that it is all the work or nothing. He won't see her if another dentist will be doing work on her is what she tells me. Bull!!!
So, I cry on the way home. Not the whole 1 1/2 hours but you get the idea. Then I start thinking- could he be right? Here is a brief history of my dd's teeth:
1st DD breastfed till 4 months- bottle fed even at night every night until almost 4 years old (even at night) ONLY 1 small CAVITY AT 4 years old!
2nd DD breastfed till 6 months- (this was two months after her teeth had come in) - then bottle fed until 19 months even at night- we weaned her when we saw her 4 front teeth had a deep line of decay that was already brown. We hadn't even noticed. Her teeth started breaking off and her whole mouth of teeth except for a few teeth eventually rotted completely away.
3rd DD breastfed till 3 1/2 years old at night until 2 yrs old- Same sever rot- Teeth did not actually break off until a few months after DD 2 though.
4th DD still breastfed at 20 months- nightweaned at 15 months- same decay but we are fighting this time. I really didn't know how to before.
So, with my first DD- She had just got her teeth when she was weaned. Now, I am so curious- Why were these other three daughters so prone to this. Can people's teeth be genetically weaker so they get this easier? Or honestly does breastmilk make the risk greater?
Another thing to mention is I had this severe decay as a baby and my sisters did not. We were all breastfed to 2 years old or more. Genetics?
Before I start this I must make it clear that I am totally for breastfeeding.
I was totally infuriated yesterday at my 20 month old's dentist appointment. That I drove to Lakeland for mind you- 1 1/2 hours away from where we live!
The dentist doesn't say hello to Sarah or me. Just says- lay her down here and hold her arms like this. (I told Sarah we were going to brush her teeth and at home we do this while she lays on her changing table so she did not struggle or cry) He looks in her mouth and starts telling the assistant what work needs to be done. Then asks me if she was nursed- I say yes and he says this is from nursing. (her decay) I ask if the chances for 'bottle rot' are greater with bottle feeding and he says no. He told me the sugars in breastmilk are much higher and harsher on the teeth than Similac, and any other formula. I ask if it could have been caused because her teeth are genetically prone to decay. (my first dentist appointment as a baby was at 10 months for decay) He says no, this is from breastmilk.
They try to set an appointment and I am still seeing what my options are since they do accept medicaid and will use sedation on her. Then I find out that he won't even do composite fillings anyhow!!! All that time- all that way to drive- him giving me doubts about breastfeeding and nothing to show for it. I tell them - no amalgam (the mercury, i mean "silver" fillings) and she tells me in a round about way that it is all the work or nothing. He won't see her if another dentist will be doing work on her is what she tells me. Bull!!!
So, I cry on the way home. Not the whole 1 1/2 hours but you get the idea. Then I start thinking- could he be right? Here is a brief history of my dd's teeth:
1st DD breastfed till 4 months- bottle fed even at night every night until almost 4 years old (even at night) ONLY 1 small CAVITY AT 4 years old!
2nd DD breastfed till 6 months- (this was two months after her teeth had come in) - then bottle fed until 19 months even at night- we weaned her when we saw her 4 front teeth had a deep line of decay that was already brown. We hadn't even noticed. Her teeth started breaking off and her whole mouth of teeth except for a few teeth eventually rotted completely away.
3rd DD breastfed till 3 1/2 years old at night until 2 yrs old- Same sever rot- Teeth did not actually break off until a few months after DD 2 though.
4th DD still breastfed at 20 months- nightweaned at 15 months- same decay but we are fighting this time. I really didn't know how to before.
So, with my first DD- She had just got her teeth when she was weaned. Now, I am so curious- Why were these other three daughters so prone to this. Can people's teeth be genetically weaker so they get this easier? Or honestly does breastmilk make the risk greater?
Another thing to mention is I had this severe decay as a baby and my sisters did not. We were all breastfed to 2 years old or more. Genetics?
