My Baby Has Spots In Her Teeth.. Please Help A Concerned Mom.?
I have a 11 month old baby, and she got her first tooth when she was 6 months.It came out perfectly,white and free of any dots or spots, but I noticed that her second lower tooth was coming out with discoloration, kinda white, I was concerned and her Dr. said to wait a little more to see if it was something more serious than just a spot. Eell, then she got her third tooth(top) and it also had white spots on it. Now she is 11 months, and it look yellowish, and I just saw that around her top tooth lining the gum there is a brown line. I am so freaked out! I already cried because I was reading some stuff online about baby decay, and I dont want my baby suffer any pain because she takes a bottle with formula and I let her fall asleep while taking her bottle.For what I read it can cause baby tooth decay Also, when she was 8 month she started going to daycare and got a bad sinus infection, her Dr. prescribed her antibiotics (amoxicillin) for ten day. 2 weeks after that she got another inffection, and had to take antibiotics again but as I noticed the spots in her second tooth I was afraid it was going to cause more spots in the coming teeth. Well, soon after that her third teeth came out and had the spots.
I started to brush her teeth every night with baby toothpast and I tried not le her fall asleep with a bottle, and I also stopped giving her sweet stuffs because I am so afraid she will have bad teeth.
How much am I looking to spend with dentist?I dont have dental insurance.
does it sound like baby decay or some side affect from the antibiotics?
Thanks a lot!
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Why is a doctor giving a baby that is not even 1 year old various antibiotics??? That can’t be safe. As to the white spots, I don’t know. I had some whit spots on my teeth once and my dentist just told me it’s just the way my tooth is.
I agree with what the first two posts say. I would add though that its completely possible for her to have healthy teeth and be discolored. You will need to bring her to the dentist our dentist just checked our girls during my or my wife’s regular visits for the first couple years and didn’t charge us anything. Its possible he’ll take a look and say they are fine just discolored and they will fall out and be replaced by her adult teeth. Fluoride, Antibiotics and bottle can all contribute differently to the issues. I believe if its a fluoride or antibiotic staining issue the teeth are perfect fine . If its decay due to the bottle that’s a whole different story. IN regards to giving her antibiotics its not unheard of to give infants antibiotics especially to children that aren’t breastfed.
It could be a few things. first of all baby bottle syndrome is severe do NOT let her fall asleep witha bottle of formula or milk..if she needs something to fall asleep let it be water only. The white dots sound like it could be fluorosis..if the water shes had in her bottles or food all along has high fluoride rates she will have white dots on her teeth that will eventually be stained explaining the yellow colour by the food that she eats. Antibiotics dont usually cure sinus infectionsso that is weird…try to keep her off the antibiotics if at all possible,
Continue brushing her teeth and stop with the bottle for bedtime, it could be bottle decay or fluoride spots…the brown line on the gums sounds liek it may be from the antibiotics though.