Bl**dy hell - DS2 has spot of decay on front milk tooth

[sphil]

Just when we'd got him used to going to dentist too. He waited for 20 minutes in the waiting room with no fuss, opened his mouth, didn't bite the dentist - and then the dentist spots this brown mark on his lower front tooth.

I feel really bad - we do brush his teeth 2x a day but it's often pretty quick. And he has a sports bottle of diluted pear juice going all the time - has to because of all the supplements he takes. Snacks all the time too - mostly grapes, bananas and rice cakes but some biscuits as well.

Anyone else had this? I am DREADING him having to have further treatment (dentist says not atm as tooth will hopefully fall out before it spreads - but he hasn't lost any teeth yet at 5.5)

[cyberseraphim]

I'm not a dentist so i don't really know but I think baby teeth are not as resiliant as adult teeth and will naturally 'wear away' even on healthy diet and regular brushing. I don't think there is any reason to feel guilty.

[Freckle]

It might not be decay. It might be a stain. DS2 (12) has had a brown stain on one of his back teeth for many years. The dentist just checks it out every 6 months to check that it isn't getting soft. It's one of his first teeth so will fall out sooner or later.