Hi,
I am sure it depends on the child and their dental genes as well. My ds night nursed until he was 20 months and then weaned completely at 34 months. He did get two cavities in his two front teeth which we had filled. The cavities started forming back in his nursing days (he is now 3 1/2). He does not eat candy, drink juice etc. It kind of makes sense that it was night nursing but he also has my bad genes and my teeth have terrible enamel on them so perhaps it is due to that. One thing I can say is that he had greyish spots on these two teeth for a while so I was not shocked when they told us they were cavities.
The most important thing I would say is that I would not change how we nursed to prevent cavities. Nursing has so many other benefits. Good luck to you and yours.
I am sure it depends on the child and their dental genes as well. My ds night nursed until he was 20 months and then weaned completely at 34 months. He did get two cavities in his two front teeth which we had filled. The cavities started forming back in his nursing days (he is now 3 1/2). He does not eat candy, drink juice etc. It kind of makes sense that it was night nursing but he also has my bad genes and my teeth have terrible enamel on them so perhaps it is due to that. One thing I can say is that he had greyish spots on these two teeth for a while so I was not shocked when they told us they were cavities.
The most important thing I would say is that I would not change how we nursed to prevent cavities. Nursing has so many other benefits. Good luck to you and yours.