Child's adult tooth with white streaks...

[London2013r]

Hi. My son has an adult tooth come through around 6 weeks ago and it's got white marks on it. His other adult teeth seem fine. I have a dental appointment for 3 weeks time. Having googled it it seems like this could be permanent but some photos on google seem to show new teeth like this and wondering if it will change as it strengthens. I think it has actually got worse rather than better...has anybody else noticed this with their children's teeth? TIA

My daughter has something similar, according to the dentist it’s due to the antibiotics she had as a newborn. Not sure if anything can be done but hers it’s not very noticeable so haven’t given it much thought.

My teenage Ds has these white stains all over his front teeth. We think that they were caused by IV antibiotics when he was a baby. He was very ill and I hate to think what would have happened if he hadn't been given the antibiotics.

He is very self conscious about his teeth. He is also awaiting orthodontist treatment to straighten them. We are hopefully going to be able to pay for him to have some kind of cosmetic treatment for the stains when his teeth are straight. Apart from the stains his teeth are healthy, he has never had a filling and has no decay.

It's permanent - I was told it was a decay related thing when the tooth was forming

Looks like anti biotic damage

Not antibiotic damage.
Your photo suggests enamel hypoplasia.
Google Molar Incisal Hypoplasia / MIH.
Million & 1 reasons for this condition but if there is a definite correlation to an illness around birth/ just after, enamel hypoplasia is caused by the illness not the treatment /antibiotics.
What condition are his first permanent molars in (Assuming they are erupted in his mouth)?