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Jack had to go to Royal Blackburn this week and have a tooth extracted under general anaesthetic,i wasn't happy at all,mostly because i felt like it was my fault (i brush his teeth regularly) but give him sweets nearly everyday.Poor little mite was basically having surgery because of me, but it turned out he had cracked a tooth (from falling over) and it had got infected without us knowing and actually had got as far down as the root of the tooth.It didn't make me feel much better because he still had to have this tooth out but at least i have looked after his teeth properly.
How do i know this?
Although he was one of the youngest,he was the only one having one tooth out-the rest were having 6 or 7 :eek:
Considering there were 10 of them having teeth out(varying ages), i thought it was a bit extreme.I asked a nurse why there were so many to be told they have 10 every Monday,and its rare they have a child having just one tooth out.
So my question is (and i havn't google yet) apart from natural decay or parents not brushing these kids teeth,why else would a 5 year old or under have more than 2 teeth out?

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You answered your own question partly - accidents

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I know a lot babies and toddlers should only drink water and milk as almost anything flavoured contains sugar, even if the sugars are naturally occurring, it has a real detrimental effect on their teeth and also the lack of flouride in our water does`nt help to strenghten the little `uns teeth enough, we were advised by our health visitor only last week to use adult toothpaste on our 10 month old as it contains plenty of flouride where as the baby stuff does`nt!!!

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So alot of these would have been because of accidents? (EG falling down concrete steps).
Is it that common that Jack was lucky to have damaged just one tooth?

Pipin-Jack has always used adult toothpaste,i found out when he was a few months old that kiddies toothpaste doesn't contain enough flouride for them.Also surestart dental advisors tell parents this,as do health visitors.

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Nooooooooooooooooooooo don't mention that.
You know who will be getting her soap box out as we speak.

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You should have asked the Nurse you were talking to what the common reasons are.

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Can we delete pipins post?lol


I couldn't really ask the nurse-we were all in an open ward n i would have looked snotty and they were VERY busy :(
Plus i wasn't feeling at my best-nearly fainted a few times,Jacks dad had to go with him to be there as he was being put to sleep mainly because i faint at the sight of needles in someone else and i was very upset that Jack had to be put to sleep that i kept welling up :(

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Rebecca had to have 8 teeth out when she was 5 because they had holes in even though we brushed her teeth we used childs toothpaste at that time, and they gave her flouride tablets because of the lack of flouride in out water i obviously learnt since to use adult toothpaste, and you cant not give children sweets even if you dont give them someone else will mine used to get them at the doctors and at school they would come home with lollys! which are not allowed in my house because they are the worst offenders and because of the choke factor.

My Jack had a tooth out without being put to sleep just had injection when he was about 3 years old he went because he had got an abcess under his tooth so when he went they just took it out no warning or anything! bless him.

I too felt the guilt but you dont realise until its too late.

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My step daughter had all of her upper teeth out and most of her bottom ( except for the front bottom four)
reasons given were that she had her dads unfortunate soft enamel ( obviously not soft but not as hardy as some enamel) plus she had a lot of antibiotics when she was younger which can affect the quality of teeth
she is now nine and has only just started to get her teeth through because the gums heal over and are harder for teeth to break through. they seem fine and she does look after them. but after all that time without teeth she now looks odd with them lol

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That is interesting to know.

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misskitty....... dummys and bottles can damage teeth and cause them to come though wrong... idealy a child should go onto a cup at 6 months and not use a dummy to prevent this.

here are some links for you....

ADA.org: Oral Health Topics: Early Childhood Tooth Decay (Baby Bottle Tooth Decay) Frequently Asked Questions
Baby Bottle Tooth Decay | Bottle Feeding Problems
Dummies and babies' teeth

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Jack had a dummy till he he had just gone two.He was VERY attached to it and nothing i did would get him off it then one night he went to bed without it and never had one again(!)and he NEVER had juice from a bottle-had a sipper cup from 6 months and only had milk from a bottle at 'meal times'-ie didnt walk around with a bottle of milk,and bottle was stopped at a year old.
I did everything by the book (and he was a text book baby) as his the only one and i think you are more cautious with your first.

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i wasnt having a go at you! was just saying........ some parents dont realise that there is sugar in milk.... anything that ends in 'ose is usually sugar.... lactose, fructose, glucose etc

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I would try cutting the sweets down if I were you misskitty. Does Jack not like fruit?

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i used to give ty boxes of raisons and call them sweeties and he still eats those fruit bars from health food shops and calls them sports candy..... lol......emzy will tell you, im full of tricks like that! lol.... fed her boys semolina and called it yoghurt, they loved it! lol

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My lad, (you know the one, that big brick sh't house) when he was teething kept us awake for many a night, I was selling soft drinks at the time door to door, and a customer asked why I looked so tired, after explaining about lack of sleep, she said,"Oh, that's easy to cure just dip his dummy in sugar, the sweetness will keep him quiet, it worked for our Kylie".

Kylie was a two year old, nice little girl except when she smiled, all that showed was a row of blackened rotten stumps, the odd few toffees won't cause the grief, but something like that will.

Don't beat yourself up about giving the child a few toffees, we all like treats, just make sure even at an early age their teeth are brushed regularly, after that if there are problems they are probably going to be a lot less than that poor unfortunate child will have suffered.

:o

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Wait till you have had 5 like me. My almost 3 year catches the bus to nursery by herself :rolleyes:

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Almost 3?? god Neil, you're very over protective :D Mine had a paper round by 3

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yeah it isnt the actual antibiotics more the fact that they kill the "good" bacteria" leaving behind the bad - affecting the mouth aswell as the gut etc
so the bacteria thrived on her teeth causing black stumps by the time she had them out - not pleasant and it badly affected her overall health -throat and ears
but she fine now and her mum tries anything before antibiotics so thats good

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Yes, well that explains why I haven't had mine delivered for a while, 7 a.m. in the morning doorbell rings, child at the door, please mister will you lift me up so I can put this through your letter box!
:rolleyes:

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LMAO .... oh that image made me laugh :D

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The kid must be tall to reach the doorbell - i would have thought it would have been a kick on the door Less :D

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LMAO .... see you're feeling better jen ;)

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I had the doorbell fitted at knee level in case I ever locked myself out at night!
:D

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My lad lost his two front teeth quite early due to a fall, banging them against a pavement (his best friend pushed him actually :rolleyes:) After a year, they discoloured so he was without his two front teeth longer than normal.

The second teeth came through normally couple of years later and he produced a great set of nashers accompanied by a lovely smile. Oh no, the story does not stop there; at 25 years old ... dentist has told him showing a little bit of enamel wear .... guess what ... blooming lager !!

The one second from the right, not one but two bottles in his hands... :rolleyes: I blame myself giving him Ribena in his bottle at night whilst I read him stories ... stopped him interrupting my dramatic diatribe flow.

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Yeah, that'd be about right, that little cat could let you in then :D

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By the way my teeth are ruined and eventually will need false ones due to my tablets. The tablets i take and have done since i was 14 and the numerous others ive had to take on occasion have ruined my gums and are actually receding. So no matter how good ive looked after them the tablets that i have to take to try and keep me healthy have ruined my teeth.

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Dentures?:D

http://www.halloweenscene.com/mm5/gr...es%20bling.jpg

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I didnt think you were having a go hon,just saying what i did x

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good, just sounded like you were being defensive, thought you'd got the wrong idea....

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Not at all :)
I put this thread on here so i could learn-and that i am doing :)
I used to be REALLY careful what i gave Jack to eat,careful of his environment,careful of everything but i think its when i got depression that i gave it all up and just did what was easiest and required the least effort.
I'm going to go back to being careful now im all happy again and not just 'coping' with life, but enjoying it......thanks for everyones replies :)

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I love it when people get the wrong idea :rolleyes:

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shhhhhh u!

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chickpox can make tooth enamel weaker, so says my dentist.
I dont think sugar has anything to do with the state of childrens teeth these days, before people went health mad kids (being us lot) ate allsorts!
people dont give sugery drinks to babies anymore so it cant be that!

I think kids teeth are poor because
1. we dont have school dentists anymore, some people dont have any dentist at all.
2. fruit! 5 a day, that was unheard of when i was a kid! acids in fruit can be just as harmfull as sugar.
3. chickenpox and over brushing!
well there just my thoughts!
BUT my brother is 28, has beautiful teeth and NEVER brushed them! i brushed at least twice a day, always, and my teeth are useless

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Oh God, I've looked after my teeth all my life. I'm 65 now and my teeth are very strong - but my gums need to come out. You can't win!

My children all have strong teeth, as has my grandson, but my poor granddaughter has had 4 fillings and she's only 8. She has never been given sweet foods or drinks, only gets sweets once or twice a week, only had a dummy sporadically until she was 15 months old, when she finally spat it out with disgust, and eats lots of fresh fruit and veg. She brushes regularly and does everything right. It appears to be the luck of the draw.

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Im convinced mine are weak cos i over-brush them :(
My mums are the same-our teeth chip really easily and are what my dentist described as moth-eaten :(
Yet my filthy brothers have strong teeth n they hardly brush their teeth-dirty lads ewww

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Your dentist's a silver tongued charmer, isn't he? :rolleyes:

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LOL i dont care,his a minger haha

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Kitty, I kid you not but, I had 16 teeth out as a child. They were done in 3 sets of 4 and 2 sets of 2!!!!!!!!

I had a double set of teeth which was discovered on x-ray, as my adult teeth grew they had to be removed to allow the 2nd set of adult teeth to come down.

If I hadn't have had them removed I would now be sooooooooo goofy that I would be able to eat an apple through a barbed wire fence.:D

I don't know how common extra teeth are but this could be a reason for children having several teeth removed together.

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OMG ... I nearly spat my brew all over computer then, then nearly died choking :eek::eek: Oh the images I got of that!! :D:D