Children’s teeth

[Hellohelloworld]

I’m literally going insane!! this is not normal. look at those teeth in the middle yellow, and the ones on the side they are broken/chipped and look black in the bit that is broken, i took toddler to the dentist they said it must not hurt so can’t do nothing cause he wouldn’t stop moving in the chair if they tried. i fight to brush the boy teeth he won’t let me at all, i’ve tried pin him down but not even like that, he closes his mouth, screams like im doing something really bad to him and won’t stop moving until i take the toothbrush off his mouth and today had a little blood on it. i don’t know what to do i feel useless and i just want to cry as i don’t want him to have bad teeth. he’s 14 months old. any tips or ideas what that in his teeth could be i would really appreciate as the internet is no help can’t find nothing

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Id personally show the dentist the photos to get proper advice

i’ve showed when booked him in, and they literally spoke for 2 min saying that they can’t do nothing as he wouldn’t stop in the chair so for me to brush his teeth. but those broken ones are worrying me a lot

Yeah I'd be worried too, maybe they hurt when you try to brush them/more senstive and maybe that's why he won't let you. He still took young to tell you if in pain etc. Going forward id try another dentist, my dentist is absolutely brilliant with my toddler and spent more than 2mins trying to get him to open mouth for check up so they are out there! Maybe turn teeth brushing into a game, you have your brush and just give him his, if he likes songs do it to music or a game like washing a toy car then another brush obvs for washing his teeth. Take the pressure off if that makes sense

It looks like it might be enamel hypoplasia to me. My daughter’s teeth started to look like this when she was the same age and she was diagnosed with EH, which is basically weak enamel. There is a good group on Facebook if you wanted to find out a bit more about it

that could make sense!! is there a treatment? and should i take him to the gp or try the dentist again?? could you tell me the name of the group please

@Hellohelloworld the group is called Enamel Hypoplasia and Hypomineralisation

We found our local dentist useless and ended up going private. They gave our daughter regular check ups and fluoride treatments but no treatment as we managed to get the decay under control. She is now 6 and her adult teeth seem to be growing through fine and the crumbled teeth have held out all this time without causing any pain.

My two year old daughter has this and I brush her teeth everyday! She has a tiny bit of yellowing on her front top two big teeth and no matter how much I clean it, it don’t go away. She does fight me with the front ones too!

Two of those teeth look badly decayed. I would not be surprised if they were giving him pain.
You need to go back to dentist and I am afraid the only thing to do for two of those teeth may be to take them out if he is having pain. That would mean a general anaesthetic and there are long waiting lists.

In the meantime look at what he is having to drink, particularly in bottles and before and at bedtime and what he is eating and drinking between meals.

A bit of blood when brushing is because gums are inflamed, keep brushing and it will settle down . I'm afraid toothbrushing is a non negotiable but putting toothpaste on a cloth and rubbing it into the teeth may be easier if these teeth are painful.

Watch out for lumps in gum above the side front teeth, this is a sign they are infected/accessed.