white patches on new adult teeth?

[unknown88x]

my daughters milk teeth were perfect so i’m a little taken aback by the appearance of her new adult teeth…

she gets these white patches on her teeth that fluctuate in their appetence usually worse in a morning, she is a mouth breather … took her to the dentist unfortunately no help … can’t be flueriod as we don’t have it added to our water .. we’ve always brushed her teeth with electric age appropriate toothpaste … started using tooth mousse on a night but no change as of yet …

anyone any idea what it could be?

Didn't the Dentist suggest anything?

It will be fluoride - when she was a baby/toddler she'll have been swallowing the toothpaste and it comes through in your adult teeth.

It could be hypomineralisation/hyperplasia. Surely your dentist advised? If not go back to them and ask for a referral to paeds clinic for a follow up and advice

Another vote for fluoride. One of my best friends at school had it.

My DD has similar, she has white spots plus discolouration - I was told it was because of the antibiotics she had as a baby. She had a lot of ear infections ending up with grommets and so had a lot of antibiotics which apparently damages developing teeth (I had no idea at the time).

My son has enamel hypoplasia - likely caused my antibiotics when he was younger and his enamel was forming they said. Or if I had a temp when I was pregnant.
I was devastated as have looked after his teeth so well, doesn’t drink juice or anything like that :( I don’t think the nhs really do anything until they’re 18 for cosmetic reasons either x

My son has some mottling and no dentist has been the slightest bit concerned. I hardly notice it now he’s 10.

dental fluorosis

I have that too, from swallowing/eating toothpaste as a child I was told by my dentist

Could well be fluoride. I have patches/spots of mottling due to being brought up in Birmingham in the 60s when they "experimented" with fluoride in the water supply.

That does look like fluorosis: I have the same on my front teeth. It doesn't hurt and doesn't indicate teeth are damaged, but dentists can't do anything about it. Once it's there, it's there. In my experience dentists are particularly bothered about it, or about dealing with it.

The only potential "solutions" I have found are veneers or bleaching. When I had my teeth bleached the dentist warned me the white marks could become more prominent, not less - but this didn't happen and I was pleased with the results.

thank you everyone, no the dentist literally suggested nothing & shrugged his shoulders!!! if there wasn’t a dentist shortage i’d be changing!

the antibiotics one makes more sense my daughter had antibiotics literally every month age 8 months to 3 years due to reoccurrence tonsillitis!

going back to the dentist his only remark was to “brush more” but we have always brushed her teeth & taken very good care of them with regular dental check ups her records show she has had no previous issues plus wouldn’t her other teeth be decaying if we weren’t brushing them especially molars - silly man.

@unknown88x
Send your dental practice an email and ask to be referred

Late to the post, but did you get to the bottom of this? And have you seen any improvement in your child’s teeth?

TIA