Enamel Hypoplasia

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Hello. My 6 year old has enamel hypoplasia on two back adult molars. Does anyone have experience of this and hints and tips to share please to help these teeth? It would be much appreciated.

My son who is 9, also has this on his back molars. Hoping someone comes along with some advice! X

My dentist recommended GC tooth mousse for Dd, but her hypoplasia is on her baby teeth. Have their teeth been assessed by a dentist and a management plan made?

My toddler has this on his upper front teeth. I was told by the dentist it's genetic and irreversible 😭

@Elisheva

My dentist recommended GC tooth mousse for Dd, but her hypoplasia is on her baby teeth. Have their teeth been assessed by a dentist and a management plan made?

Oooh! Just looked the mousse up. I might try that to see if it helps. Did it make a difference to your DDs teeth?

As far as my son is concerned, the dentist just said to pay extra attention to them to make sure they are properly clean.

He said it occurs when a child has a High fever under the age of 3. For some reason it stops the enamel forming properly! My son was in hospital for a couple of nights under the age of 3 V v unwell so it makes sense in our case. Will look up that mousse x

My eldest has this on 3 of his back molars and more mildly on a couple of his front teeth.
Dentist has tried to apply some kind of coating but has only managed two teeth so far as he is somewhat resistant. (And now no idea when we can get the rest done....) We were told basically limit sweets etc, good brushing, keep an eye out for any discomfort but he will have to have the back ones out at some point as they will not last and they will look to do that when he is 10/11 before the other baby molars come out so that they hopefully grow in to fill the gaps....

My son has this on 2 back molars, as a pp said, you have to be extra careful about brushing. Ds also had a treatment applied to those molars, I think it was fluoride, to make the enamel a bit more resistant, however it does not make it the same as on healthy teeth.

My child has this. Was on baby teeth now on adult front teeth

Baby teeth had caps put on them to protect them so when those teeth come out we will need to see if adult molars are affected.

It's fucking shite though. Child gets comments all the time about said teeth not being clean.
Kids can be super foul to each other.

PS. if there is Celiac disease in the family or other relevant signs, this is sometimes a symptom, although the majority of people with enamel hypoplasia do not have celiac disease.

@Anyonebut I've just been told my DS7 has EH. He also has growth problems and constantly complains of stomach pains. Is it worth asking the paeds team he's still under for the growth monitoring? Or am I just paranoid and seeing what fits?

@Tootletum, I am by no means an expert, but I think it wouldn’t hurt to ask. Initial (and for kids sometimes the only test) is a blood test to check for certain antibodies to see if you are having an immune reaction to gluten. It is a very underdiagnosed condition, so I would personally prefer to ruler it out.

I believe you can even buy a home test for celiac antibodies at the chemists nowadays, but I have no idea how reliable they are (or how expensive).

In any case you shouldn’t stop giving ds gluten until you get a diagnosis because this may give you a false negative and also, if he’s not celiac, avoiding gluten for a certain amount of time may then give him an intolerance to it.

*rule it out! 😅📏📏📐