When my grandson came to live with me he was 18 months and still being breastfed. He would fall asleep on the breast each night. I noticed then that the two teeth either side of his upper front teeth seemed to be eroding slightly, and he has what seemed to be tartar around the gum line on his front two teeth. I didnt see him drink fruit juice from a bottle, but Im not sure about that.
So when he stopped being breastfed I gave him diluted apple juice in a trainer cup, and also milk in a trainer cup which he refused. I also started cleaning his teeth every night. He now has small brown patches of decay on his two front teeth in a narrow line and the teeth either side look as if they have broken.
I am not sure how this has happened. I went to the dentist and the dentist thought he had been given medicine as a baby, but I checked and he hadnt. The dentist cant do anything about it at this stage. Neither of my children had any tooth decay and they both drank diluted (pure) fruit juice as young children. But I noticed his father's younger sibling (age 5) had baby front teeth that had decayed at the front and broken off.
Is this a genetic thing or is it something caused by fruit juice? I feel a little ashamed about it as one or two people have commented on it and I wish there was something I could do. We all have nice teeth in our family. Now he lives with me he has a healthy diet, but I cant speak for when he was with his mum.
Anyone else had children with this?