Multiple tooth extractions

[ElizabethRegina]

My niece has recently had 9 teeth extracted. She is 6. I am flabbergasted.
Does anyone else have experience of a child having so many extractions at such an early age?
How could this have happened?
What could be the future consequences?

I used to work in a childrens hospital, I've seen worse. I've not read any research on what happens after.

A girl in DS1s class had all her teeth extracted. She was 5 .

Her adult teeth are growing in now but IMO she is still eating a lot of crap.

I recently posted my ds1 has had to have his back molars built up due to the fact that they are crumbling (he's 6). I was pretty shocked and horrified as I've always been very very strict about sugar and brushing.

When we went back to the dentist to have the work done, she told me that his teeth are actually very clean and healthy-looking, but that they hadn't mineralised properly in the womb. We know he didn't grow sufficiently in the womb and was premature, so that seemed to make sense.

She thought there should be no ongoing problem with his adult teeth. I wonder if there was a similar problem with your niece (I'm not trying to excuse a crap diet or poor hygiene by the way, just wondering what else could cause this at such a young age)?

dd is 5, and just had three crowns and five fillings. I was shocked too - she eats very few sweets, brushes well twice a day, drinks water etc.

Her problem was teeth that are very tight fitting (close together) and the inner surfaces are obviously unbrushable - we didn't think to floss a child of her age, and the dentist couldn't see any problems at check ups until it was too late. THat, and genetics, poor thing!

If she'd seen an NHS dentist, they would probably not have bothered with the crowns and just extracted - thats what I was told, anyway, not sure if its true. As it was, we were lucky to have them done relatively cheaply and dd has all her teeth and now flosses nightly.

There will be no future consequences, necessarily, but if the problem is genetic (ie weak enamel) as opposed to due to prematurity or bad diet or poor hygiene, then the tendency towards decay will stay - again, so I was told. In dd's case, she will always need to be reasonably careful and floss like crazy