to ask how this happens

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child aged 3 - 4 having to have several teeth removed due to severe damage! I know of 2 children who had this and have to ask how
how excessive does the sugar intake have to be? My dd has something sweet everyday, not sweets so much, but maybe biscuits or chocolate. This petrifies me. We visit the dentist regularly.
There is no choice about brushing teeth twice a day but its not for 2 minutes..
do these kids eat sugar from a bowl? or not brush at all? or is there some underlying problem?
Please enlighten me...

Some peolples enamel is weaker than others

my sister was mortified when her 8 year old had to have a fillingbut that's what the dentist said
it doesn't mean their dental hygiene is bad or they eat nothing but crap
although in some cases it is that

oral healthy is hereditary. although its no useful to eat lots of sweet things if you are prone to holes in your teeth

Exctly what compo said. We are very lucky that DD has phenomenal teeth (very wonky but healthy). Her friend on the other hand has piss poor enamel and has had several fillings.
Less judgyness if you please.

Some children have terrible teeth - I read there's a definite link to health during pregnancy.

Also, some children with SN have a very limited diet and a phobia of toothbrushing.

My DD1 was born with no enamel on many of her back teeth. She has had several fillings and a crown just to try and maintain their position until the adult teeth are all in. In the words of her dentist "her teeth are crumbling before my eyes".

no judging intended hence asking can there be an underlying problem...

What Compo said. I got stacks of fillings when I was little. My brother had none. With exactly the same amount of sweet food and teeth brushing. Its just one of those things. Perhaps just be extra vigilant as your DD seems to have weak teeth.

Sorry, just re-read your post. I read it as being your child. Doh.

my dentist said that raisins are a huge cause of tooth decay now. People don;t see them as treats, but they are full of sugar and stick to your teeth, so there for pro longed periods of time (as you dont always brush your teeth after eating a pack of raisins do you) also things like cereal bars, generally anything that is sticky, will cling on.

I am fairly strict with the dc treats, sweets only once or twice a week, but they do eat a lot of fruit and drink a lot of juice, this weakens thier enamel just as much as refined sugar.

A friend of mine used to work in an NHS trust where they regularly did complete extractions of milk teeth in an attempt to save the adult teeth.

Juice (or, apparently, often, coke) from a bottle was the main cause, as I understand it, although there are certainly natural differences in teeth - DB2 and I have never had fillings, DB1 has loads (and wonky horrible teeth with it) - same upbringing, diet, etc, etc.

DD2 had terrible baby teeth. Loads of fillings. The front two broke right off when she was two. I was distraught. They were just really weak - no particular reason why. Luckily, her adult teeth came in normal and she has never needed a filling since.

Should add - DD1 and DD3 had perfect baby teeth - no fillings ever. It was certainly not diet or poor dental hygiene that caused DD2's problems.

My DD1 had multiple food intolerances as a baby.

She ended up on a special formula which was designed for kids with PKU. Because it was so foul it was sweetened with sugar.

Rotted the baby teeth out of her head.

Thankfully, she grew out of most of her issues and her adult teeth are fine (apart from needing braces)

My ds1 has bad teeth because I was on long term antibiotics when I got pregnant. And as I didn't know I was pregnant until nearly 5 months, I had been taking them for all that time.

Dh has rubbish teeth as does ds1 (10.5 - 3 fillings).

I have fab teeth (37 no fillings) and it would seem that ds2 is going the same way.

I'm thinking genetics.

Dd (5) is having 2 teeth removed. I think the big problem has been fruit juice and dried fruit given to help serious, chronic constipation. I've cut those right back. If it's not one end it's the other .

There was a programme on last year which had children being admitted to hospital to sort their teeth out. Quite a common problem was children going to bed with a bottle of formula milk (I am not starting a FF debate BTW, as DD was FF, but not given a bottle to soothe herself to sleep)

There was one little girl that had to have loads of teeth removed because she had so much ketchup with every meal. There are lots of hidden sugars in food that most people don't realise.

I think it was on QI or some such programme where they were discussing the effects of cola on teeth, and they said that actually the very worst thing for teeth is crisps as they stick to them for hours. Don't know if that's an actual fact but it makes me worry for a young relative who I have known to eat nothing but bag after bag of crisps all day!

Fruit is a nightmare for teeth but not many people think twice about letting their DC eat it at all opportunities.

dd1 (7) had a filling last week, and I felt a bit

Interesting re the possible link with health in pregnancy. I had severe hyperemesis (hospitalised for part of it) and my diet was very poor throughout (I could not help that)