To be absolutely terrified

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My daughter has just turned 2 and the dentist have told me he has to have his top 4 teeth removed we are currently waiting an appointment. I'm absolutely terrified. I don't understand why but his teeth have been quite bad for a while even though I've Ben watching his diet and brush his teeth although he screams the house down. I had 3 other children with the same diet but they have perfect teeth.
Anyway, I've been told they will do all 4 at the same tome
As they don't like putting kids that age under general anaesthetic more than once if that can help it.
Had anyone had a similar experience? Any advice ? I feel so guilty and I'm so worried and the thought of him
Not having those teeth until he's around 6 upsets me so much .
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks

That sounds quite scary. Has the dentist suggested what might have caused it? Perhaps keep a food diary. There is hidden sugar in so many things. You might think his diet is healthier than it is.

No experience of tooth removal but i also have 4 dc who have more or less same diet and same brushing routine. The teeth of 3 of them are fine, the other has had a filling. My dentist explained it that some peoples teeth need looking after more and they have to be more careful than others with food etc

Ask the dentist what the problem may be and explain your other gulden and your routines - perhaps he needs some dietary intervention in r supplements to help strengthen his teeth (no knowledge of this, purely asking if you want to ask the dentist)

I know of somebody that this happened to and the parents were told it was down to difficulty in the pregnancy/labour. A significant loss of blood as far as I remember

A couple of my DC had to have teeth removed when they were 6 or 7. They had a problem with their enamel on their baby teeth and there was nothing we could do to prevent it. My dad had the same problem as a child, apparently. DC were fine and their adult teeth grew in and they've had no further issues.

All of mine have needed some of their baby teeth out. It makes you feel so guilty. Mine were born with problems with their tooth enamel so they were prone to decay. They said it could have been a deficiency in my make up but we would never know for sure.
The actual extractions were over so quickly. But i was terrified something bad.might happen.
The extractions caused further issues with spacing when their adult teeth came in. So all have had braces. The best news is that their enamel on their adult teeth is perfect so they wont be affected as adults.

I imagine the gaps will give him character and youll end up loving them for being so cute.

This is interesting, I'm definitely going to ask the dentist. I know there's so many hidden sugars in things it's actually quite scary. It's very scary though as he's only just turned 2 and he's so tiny.

@Warpdrive how old were you dc when they had their baby teeth removed? How bad were they after with the pain for the next few days ?

They were around 4. I know they were at school. They had zero issues the following days.... it was over so quickly and the tooth fairy distracted them.

Your Daughter, yet he, his, him.
Completely misses point of thread!!!!

@MrsLinManuelMiranda
Haha I didn't even notice, I've got 3 girls and the littlest is a boy. Poor thing was referred to and 'she and her' for the first few weeks of life. Anyway it's definitely my son I'm talking about.😂

@Warpdrive that's good to hear. I hope the pains not too bad for him either.

@loveyoutothemoonandback86
as gently as possible, without any blame, having to have teeth removed at the age of 2 is not usual, was your little one ill a lot as a baby or had a lot of medication? The Community Dental Services are absolutely brilliant and are specialists in treating children will look after your DC . Has your dentist mentioned it could be 'bottle caries'? If a child falls asleep with a bottle or had does, the milk can pool around the teeth. Your dentist should really be giving you some bespoke Oral Health guidance and following you up at least 3 monthly to ensure your DC doesn't have to go through this again

*falls asleep with a bottle, or has done, the milk pooling around the teeth can cause decay

Dn had 5 removed when she was about 4. I felt ill worrying about her before the procedure but from what I was told it was very straight forward. She cried for about 20mins when she came round then from what I remember she was back to normal after that. I remember thinking it really wasn't worth getting worked up about.

Did they have antibiotics very young? Like below 3 months? This can be a factor apparently.

I would ask for a second opinion before tooth removal. My nephew had something similar, but the teeth could stay and his adult teeth were fine later.

First dentist also wanted to remove his teeth, my SIL sought second opinion.

We had this when I was a kid. My sister had awful teeth and had many many fillings while I didn’t need one until I was in my twenties. And we grew up in the sixties when diets were much lower in sugar and snacks than nowadays.

The same happened with my DC. One child has just had their first filling at the age of 24 while the other one needed extractions at age 7. Very unfairly it was the child with the sweet tooth that had the stronger teeth. Eventually the child with poor teeth had fissure sealants which seemed to help.

I think some people just have very strong teeth and I suppose conversely, some people probably have genetically weaker teeth.

My dd had most of her baby teeth out under GA, like your dc she has the same diet as my other child who has very good teeth. She’s now got her adult teeth and we are waiting for surgery again to remove 4 teeth under GA.

When she had her baby teeth out I was terrified, it actually went really well and we went home an hour after she came around, recovery was very quick as baby teeth don’t have roots like adult teeth. Dd was back to her normal self within 24 hours and didn’t complain once.

My kid has hypoplastic teeth, and had to have several removed almost as soon as they came in. The enamel was just non-existant and they rotted so quickly. I'm a very strict no sugar parent, and am vigilant over hidden sugars. It wasn't his diet. I've been told he will most likely need veneers when he's in high school if his adult teeth have the same issues.

My dad had all his teeth out as a teen in the 60s due to weak enamel (and has had false teeth ever since).

I had a less severe version, but had several fillings and lots of work on my baby teeth in the 90s, and have since had sealants and fillings to my adult teeth. My mum was distraught because she’s a very conscientious health nut and I probably had the best diet out of all my siblings.

My dentist tells me that the acidity of your saliva can also have an effect on the enamel.

Whats he been having to drink OP?

did you have antibiotics during your pregnancy or some infection? Or has dc? Some antibiotics can affect enamel - but remember this what ever they were taken for would have had a worse affect than having teeth out. Vit D deficiency?

Top 4 sounds like a direct constant sugar intake issue - milk, juice etc, sucked throough constantly through top teeth? If it was food it would be spread focal. But direct frontal suggests constant liquid contact.