18month old.....yellowy looking teeth growing through, why is this?

[oneyummymummy]

This might sound silly but my DD is 18months and has about 8 teeth, Four of them are the front top two and bottom front two. She has just got four back 'molar'?? (munching) teeth and they appear to be a yellowy/solid white colour instead of a mily white (pearly) colour like the front ones. Does anyone know what this could be? It may be nothing but they don't look very healthy.

My dd has this - you should check with your dentist but with my dd1 it is due to those teeth not being covered in enamel - so you see the dentine underneath which is yellow. There is a proper name for it but I've forgotten - sorry!

We've had no problems with dd1s teeth - you just need to be more careful when you brush as the dentine isn't as strong as enamel.

it dioesn't always mean they will get it in their adult teeth - although with my dd it looks as if some of her adult teeth may be affected.

Ive never heard of it before! She doesn't have a dentist, and neither do I . Ive just not needed to go since i was in school (no fillings or bad teeth, touch wood). Maybe I need to sign up to one, do you know how to do that? Just find one and go along? Will they charge for babies??

Has she had antibiotics long term or did you in the early third trimester ? One of dd's has enamel that isn't properly formed which the dentists thought could be due to that but I wasn't prescribed any !

My sisters teeth all came through yellow and mottled when younger.
Dr said it was due to her getting chicken pox and measles at same time and her body was so busy fighting that it had no calcium/good stuff left over to make proper teeth (no idea if thats true, but sounded plausible!)

I didnt have any antibiotics but DD did when she just turned 1, very strong antibiotics for meningitis (she didnt actually have it in the end) but surely teeth are already formed at this point?! Her teeth have been really slow coming through, and only had 4 up until a couple of months ago!

BUMP

Hi - remebered what it is called - dental hypoplasia. It is quite common I think - my dentist has one child with it and one without. One of my dds has it and the other doesn't.

I don't think they know what causes it - but you do need to be extra careful when you brush their teeth as they are less protected.

You could try registering at a dentist - most won't charge for your dd but you will be very lucky to find an NHS dentist.

Is it really that hard to find one on the NHS? Not like doctors then? Thanks for the name, off to google it now, see what its all about! Thank you for your help. As long as there not bad and going fall out