Do you clean dc's teeth after bedtime milk?

[Hillbilly]

DD, 2.9, has milk before bed and I don't clean her teeth afterwards. We clean them in the bath earlier. Is this going to be detrimental to her teeth. I have noticed some super white patches on some of her teeth.

We are going for her first dental appointment next week but just wondered what other people did.

Thanks for your post, Cappuccino - it prompted me to finally do some research
and I came immediately across this article.
Quotes:

'Early childhood caries (ECC) is tooth decay that affects babies and young children.
Infant caries very often appears as a white, chalky area on the enamel of the tooth.'

'In a 1999 review article on breastfeeding and infant caries,
Dr. Pamela Erickson concluded that human breast milk is not cariogenic.
It was Dr. Erickson's research which indicated that some infant formulas
dissolve tooth enamel, causing tooth decay.'

'"Breastfeeding is the normal way to feed an infant," Wills says.
"Through most of our evolutionary history, breastfeeding routinely lasted for years,
[including nighttime]. How could we have survived as a species if breast milk harmed our teeth?"'

The definitive answer? I hope so

OMG!

Really hope I have not been causing decay in dd's teeth.

Happy that we are going to dentist next week.

don't they keep teeth in milk if you lose a tooth by accident, till you get to the dentists'?

I personally don't believe milk is that bad to be left on the teeth overnight.. The main thing would be not constantly sipping on squashes or juices during the day..

Apologies about the , hb, hope the dentist will
put your mind at rest.

Hi, I always put my daughter to bed from boob until about 18 mo. she has lovely teeth. Didn't give her fruit juice or fizzy in bottles tho, just water.

Now she is 7 she has most of big teeth and loves brushing them morning and night.
:)

Has she ever been prescribed antibiotics?

My, now teenage cousin has had white patches on her teeth since she was small and has always said it was caused by antibiotics when she was a baby. Also, her mother took antibiotics during pregnancy and was told this could be the reason?

I've never come across another case though so really have no idea personally!

Been wondering this too. Have to say it does make perfect sense for breastmilk to be safe given we have fed in the night for thousands of years. I will continue to be my 15 mother to sleep.,..,

Used to do it before milk but now she is a bit older I do it after. Here is some great advice that I thought was very helpful:

Brushing Baby Teeth, Covent Garden Dental Spa

If I remember right there was some recent research that concluded that breast milk on its own is actually good for teeth - but breast milk in combination with food particles is worse than the food particles alone. I make sure I brush dd's teeth before she has her milk (she sometimes still falls asleep breastfeeding and I wouldn't want to wake her up, or miss cleaning her teeth on those occasions).