Childrens teeth.

mrskitty

mrskitty

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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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misskitty said:
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
 
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!!!
 
Neil said:
You answered your own question partly - accidents
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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.
 
Neil said:
Nooooooooooooooooooooo don't mention that.
You know who will be getting her soap box out as we speak.
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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.
 
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
 
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.
 
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
 
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
 
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.

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Neil said:
That is interesting to know.
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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
 
slinky said:
Almost 3?? god Neil, you're very over protective :D Mine had a paper round by 3
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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!
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