Baby bottle rot

[Mazzatron]

Hi all

Are there any dentists or dental nurses who can look at a photo of my 13 month olds tooth and tell me what's going on? I can't get a dentist appointment as he's not registered yet and we are in the middle of moving house.

He's had 3 accidents when first crawling where he slipped on the vinyl flooring and he did hurt his mouth and it bled a little bit. My husband thinks he chipped his tooth one of these times but I'm worried it's tooth decay from bottles. I can't tell if it's getting bigger or deeper. It's a like a big groove / pit.

I do brush his teeth every night before bed but he got his first teeth at 3.5 months and he was having a night feed until 8 months.

I've googled bottle rot and it doesn't look the same to me, also it's only the 1 tooth not all of them. Really will get him to get him to a dentist but meantime wondered what others think.

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It doesn't sound like it would be bottle related and that it is damage from bashing it

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Looks like a chip to me. Try not to worry too much. Perhaps you could take him to the dentist for reassurance when you have a checkup.

Not a dental professional but lots of experience from having a child with a condition that affects teeth.

That does look like damage from injury. Try your best to get him seen ASAP for a protective varnish, go private if quicker (if within your means), the sooner the tooth is coated the better. The yellower part you can seen is pulp and very susceptible to acids and bacteria growth causing decay and abscesses.

if you can stop bottles and spouted cups completely, use a straw instead to bypass that front tooth. Avoid acidic drinks and foods. Brush with a 1450ppm toothpaste at least twice a day for 3 minutes and 30 minutes after eating. Brushing is particularly important at night so if you’re not quite managing the full time try to rub some toothpaste directly on his teeth once asleep. Try to stick with just water and obviously no high sugar drinks.

the tooth will eventually decay, it’s pretty unavoidable unfortunately, but aim to keep it as healthy for as long as you can to aid speech and permanent tooth position.

It really is just one of those things but if you can manage it strictly he may get away with it until it gets wobbly.

@PinkyU
oh no! Thank you for all the info, I feel terrible for him.

What will happen when it decays? Will the decay spread to his gums and other teeth?

I'll be doing my upper most to brush his teeth that much and cut out all sugar.

@Mazzatron decay can spread to the gum and cause infection (abscess), keeping on top of it will help delay any decay.

it really is just bad luck, my lo did similar breaking her tooth in half, we managed around 18 months before decay set in and she then had it removed, she’s not got some adult teeth in and while she may need some help with positioning her teeth are healthy.

One of my children chipped a front tooth when he was around eighteen months and we rushed him to the dentist who told us not to worry. He had a chipped tooth himself. It stayed white, fell out naturally when it was supposed to and my son, now an adult, has always had beautiful teeth otherwise.