Baby's tooth broken :-((

[blondieblonde]

My baby is only 6 months old and got little tooth stumps at the bottom at about 4 months. One of the teeth has always looked like it had not come through quite properly and has been less bulky looking than the other. This morning I noticed that a large section of the middle of the tooth was missing!! This leaves two little spikes at each side of the tooth and gap in the middle. It really looks broken and is very sharp. I am devastated! We are going to the dentist tomorrow. I am confused as there was no bang or impact or anything. I keep playing in my mind what could have happened. The baby does have a few harder teething rings and also perhaps she chewed one of the the zips on the pushchair? Could these things have done it, or could it have been a structural weakness? It seems so unlikely that it would be broken so early.

I'm really, really upset. Does anyone have any experience of this?

If it's the bottom tooth it's not so bad. As the grow older, the bottom teeth are noticible, it's the top ones that are seen when they smile etc. try not to fret too much. I understand your upset but I am sure the dentist will be helpful and find a solution. xx

Sorry some typos in that
*not noticible

If the tooth always looked a bit odd it sounds like it didn't form properly. A normal tooth shouldn't break just from chewing hard teething rings.

You might want to ask the dentist about dentingenisis imperfecta (and other things such as medication that can affect teeth formation). This condition runs in my family and the signs of it are slightly oddly shaped teeth that break, flake and wear down, very variable colour (some teeth white, some grey/yellow). Baby teeth seem to be worst affected, adult ones a bit less so, and with good dental care (fissure seals and fluoride paint) it needn't be a disaster.