Breastfeeding? I just found out that my son who never had any refined sugar or even juice before the age of two has like at least 5 cavities. He has to be put under so the dentist can attempt to fill them and if he can't he wants to pull them out! By the way he is 2.5 now and nurses to sleep and whenever he doesn't feel good or just needs to connect. The dentist said it could be a mixture of sugar and breastfeeding, especially at night. I was taught that breastfeeding was not suppose to do this like bottle feeding does. Anybody have experience with this?
My dd started getting hints of cavities around the same age. I was heartbroken because I was/am so very on top of her oral hygiene. Thing is, my dd weened from bf'ing by the time she was 18mo, so the dentist couldn't blame it on that. Instead the blame went to foods like raisins and lack of flossing ...which is complete crap because I did and still do floss her teeth daily. I think some kids are just prone to cavities. That or there is some type of nutritional deficiency that I'm not catching. *sigh* For what it's worth, I don't think it's the breastfeeding. Best of luck to your son...and you. <3
My son is getting signs too and he's only 2. It upsets me because we always take care of his teeth. He gets it from me because I have horrible teeth! My dentists says I have impeccable hygiene but terrible genes. I blame it on my mother being one of the many mother's who meant well but had no clue lol. She always always gave me diet coke to drink. She tells stories of how I would sneak up behind her in my walker and steal her diet coke.
Every time you eat or drink, even just a sip, the sugars from the foods are eaten by that bacteria and then acid is formed (an acid attack) and it lasts 20 minutes. And acid weakens the teeth and make cavities more likely.
So if you have a sip here and a handful of something there and another sip again, each time the clock restarts and the teeth are under another acid attack. So if you're eating all day, you're ruining your teeth!
Breastmilk coats the teeth. It doesn't cause cavities cause its not pooling in the mouth like a bottle or sippy of cows milk would. But you want to clean the teeth of all other foods before nursing to bed so all that stuff doesn't get sealed in.
My middle child has had some dental issues (2 cavities at the age of 5). Hers is genetic. I purposely take her to her fathers dentist, and he has straight out said, she gets it from her dad.
I would get a second opinion. A friend who bfed her son until 2-3. Her dentist said his teeth were full of cavities. She got a second opinion and he might of had one. The first dentist was reported for insurance fraud by someone else.
Quoting ladyraven16:
Idk mama. My son is 6 and has had 2 small vagaries on his very back teeth. They filled them and then sealed his teeth because he has deep grooves and we can't get them allthe way clean no matter how much iI brush and floss them.
I would get a second opinion. That is awfully young to go through all of that. Can't you wait till he is older? But really, get a second opinion.
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