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Worried about 3yo DD's teeth- any dentists about?

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Teethteethteeth · 27/08/2012 18:36

Posted in children's health, but not much traffic today. My 3 yo DD has what I always thought were pretty good teeth. Cleans regularly, drinks lots of water etc. SHe has sweets and chocolate at times but we clean soon after if we can and rinse with water if not. Teeth have always looked fine to my untrained eye, and she has had them checked at the dentist-all ok- and is due another appointment soon.

Anyway, when I looked into her mouth under a strong light (we were playing dentists) I noticed that her bottom molars looked different. It's very hard to explain, but it almost looks like patches where the enamel is thinning and looks a little translucent. It doesn't look like Pictures of typical decay that I have seen, there are no bright white flecks or brown spots. It's in the natural indentations of the molars and appears regularly over top and bottom molars. T

I showed Dp and he said he could remember his older Ds teeth being the same and that it was normal wear, but I still feel worried. I haven't done a good job of explaining it but has anyone else had this?

Not sure if this link works, but this is a pic i found online of apparently healthy teeth which look a little like DD's- hers are not as discoloured as these though. (its image 2).

www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fh/mch/webcourse/dental/mod4.cfm

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tink123 · 27/08/2012 20:30

Hi. DD 9 has teeth exactly like this. Just been to dentist where she had a thorough check up and nothing was said about them, so assumed that it was normal.

Teethteethteeth · 27/08/2012 21:14

That's reassuring Tink123, I am hoping all will be well at dd's appointment too. Had you noticed the appearance of the teeth beforehand? Hopefully I am just worrying over nothing. Can anyone tell me the usual process of how typical decay would develop?

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