Dark Stains On My 8 month Old's Teeth

[Haterofteeth]

He only has 2 bottom teeth right now, and at first when I saw them come in they looked almost transparent. Now that they are in fully, they like they have greyish stains on them.

He does fall aslepp with a bottle, but once he is out, I take it away, he doesn't actually sleep with it.I brush his teeth once a day with a baby toothbrush and plain water.


What could this be? Other than bottle mouth?

Should I take him to a dentist, or family doctor? Which one?

I really hope he doesn't have bottle mouth like I did, ugh.

I was reading something about iron stains...is this a possibility?


Thank you

 

[Dr. Daniel]

Hey
Difficult to answer without seeing...
Soemtimes the teeth enamel layer contain groves and pits which might seem transperant and qhite easily get some pigmentation and become coloured.
What you can do is obesreve it. If indeed it is just a groove, it will stay the same size, and it is carious it should becomes become biger over time.

 

[comfortdentist]

Baby teeth stain much more than adult teeth It is not unusual to see stains at a young age especially if he is receiving an iron supplement as many babies receive a vitamin/iron supplement.
As to falling asleep with a bottle I presume you know about nursing bottle caries if not read about it. Aside that do you want to condition your baby to having to feed to fall asleep?

Another note the caires is first evident in nursing bottle caries on the tongue side(back side) of the top front teeth.
I have had to remove a tooth from NBS(nursing bottle syndrome) as yound as 14 months and had patients that required the removal of all of their teeth before they were three years old.

 

[decan]

Its recommended that you take your child to the dentist within 6 months of the eruption of the first teeth.

 

[Haterofteeth]

Thank you somuch for answering!
I had NBS when I was young, because my father would but Kool-Aid in my bottle.


I guess the whole falling asleep while feeding started when I was nursing ,and the nurse told me this is a good thing for him to fall asleep while feeding, because the hormones released while breastfeeding, relax me, which in turn, relaxes the baby. She said this is how new babies are programmed naturally to fall asleep.

That's how it all started.

Now that he has teeth, and drinks formula, it IS a good idea to stop this habit.
I would hate for him to end up with teeth like mine

Maybe I'll try just plain water in the bottle.

That can't hurt, right?

 

[comfortdentist]

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