one of dd's adult teeth is coming through yellow!

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dd had terrible enamel on her first teeth - we believe as a result of her being very unwell as a newborn

her adult teeth have started coming through and the bottom two and one of the top ones look fine. HOwever, her other top tooth is coming through and it looks a bit see-through with what looks like yellow paint on top of it.

We don't have a regular dentist (no NHS round here!) and we did go to a private one a while back but he gave me a massive lecture about dd's teeth and insisted it must have been what I was feeding her - he said I must have been giving her fizzy drinks and sweets (which I hadn't at all!) because her enamel was so bad but I really hadn't and I was so pissed off with his attitude that we haven't gone back.

has anyone had this problem? (yes I know I should find another dentist but in the meantime...)

Did she have lots of antibiotics as a baby? When DS1 was very ill (from 10 days old) he had mega doses of IV ABs and one of the doctors said then that sometimes it affected the colouring of the adult teeth.

Though it seems strange it is only one tooth. Has she had any blows to the mouth in the past? Apparently that too can damage the growing teeth in the gum - the later the injury, the less likely there is to be damage to the developing tooth (that's what they told me when DS1 knocked his 2 top teeth out at 6).

it is probably antibiotics

It will be down to her being unwell as a baby, my dd has a brown stain on her front tooth, bil who is our dentist tells me it's down to her being unwell as a baby when the adult teeth are forming. They can be treated but bil wants to leave it until she's a bit older. Hope this helps.

thanks - she didn't have vast amounts of antibiotics as a baby - I think just one round of trimethoprim (for UTI) but lots and lots (and lots!!) of vomiting (caused by undiagnosed allergies at the time and severe reflux) and then lots of vomiting bugs on top of that

I wonder if it could have been a bang? it's possible - I wonder when that tooth would have been growing (iyswim).

oh thanks poptot - I thought it must be something like that

dd had reflux as well, possibly thta's a link.

i had this, as I had measles as a baby. some are still a little yellow and weak. I only have 1 filling though as mummy looked after them! hth

mm I will have to do a good job with her teeth then! (best find that dentist!)

it pisses me off a bit - because she suffered with the vomiting for months and months before we finally got to the bottom of it all - I think she was around 1 before we finally cracked everything (the reflux, allergies etc.) and it's sad to think it may have had a lasting effect

i'm sure she'll be fine. Dentists can do wonders these days

lol - thanks everyone.

You've pretty much had all the right information already. Could be due to a blow to the baby tooth that knocked into the developing adult tooth, or due to illness during infancy, or medication. I would go and see a dentist to rule out any developmental (genetic conditions) primarily because of the problem with weak enamel on the baby teeth. Do try and be as effective with brushing as possible and control the sugar intake (remeber to check food labels for hidden sugars). Hopefully it is just isolated to this one tooth, and this can be treated (purely cosmetically) once more of her teeth have come through. HTH

thanks for that

we do make an effort with brushing and although I know the dentist had his heart in the right place (with his lecture), I have been very careful about what they eat and brushing their teeth so it certainly wasn't a case of me letting her stuff her face with sweets and soft drinks

I was worried about the enamel problem - would the dentist be able to test for that?

The only way to test as such would be to look at the enamel of the remaining baby teeth and the erupted adult teeth, plus take xrays to see what the condition of the unerupted/developing teeth is. I would hazard a guess as it is isolated to the one tooth it is more likely to be a trauma to that tooth, as the enamel on the other front tooth would have been developing at pretty much the same time so it is unusual for no marks to be seen on that tooth. But with the history of poor enamel on the baby teeth it is hard to say, without actually seeing your dd.

thanks - you probably get fed up with people asking, so thanks for taking the time

I must go and find a new dentist!

No problem.

A friend's DD had one yellow tooth like this, fis (baby tooth and adult) - she was born with dark hair but with a white streak on one side of her forehead, and this yellow tooth lined up with the white streak iyswim, don't know if it was connected. White streak is gone now and the yellow tooth has been veneered (she is 19).

DS2 has weak enamel on his rear molars - he had to have a tiny hole filled in one of them several years ago but otherwise they have been strong enough. It's not uncommon and your critical dentist wants a smack.

Is the yellow one sensitive?

Ds now 6 has quite discoloured baby teeth and I personally feel it was because he drank alot of cranberry juice mixed with water and that has stained them. Even thought the mix was really watery I thought if he laid off the Ribena and other real sugary drinks he'd be ok. How wrong was I. Now he drinks fresh orange juice and water or just water. Also it could be hereditary, I know dp family had real dodgy teeth when I look at the pictures from the past and MIL bless her has a dodgy set of nashers, so maybe my poor ds1 has teeth from their side of the family.
Also when he was two he fell and hit his mouth on the top part of his two middle teeth. they are really yellow and the dentist said that he has probably lost the nerve in them as he finds them really sensitive when brushing, the dentist told me they should grow thorough ok but I am really worried that they will grow through yellow.

thanks guys - I'm not sure how sensitive it will be because it's not all through yet - at least it can be fixed when she is older I suppose!