Baby Teeth

[Guest guest]

I just noticed that my 23 month old daughter has discolored teeth near the

gumline. I will be calling the pediatrician Monday, but I was wondering if

any of you have experienced a similar dilemma? She drinks a lot of

chocolate soy milk,and I also give her a liquid vitamin, both of which I

suspect. She has not yet been to a dentist as my pediatrician recommended

that we wait until she is 2 years of age.

 

Thank you,

Robin A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

When my daughter's bottom teeth first came in they looked a bit discolored

near the gumline too. But now grown all the way in, her teeth are very

white. I also wondered about this and am interested in what others may have

to say. This just seemed to occur with her bottom teeth though.

 

Melodese

 

 

Robin Allen [woodsprite24]

Saturday, March 08, 2003 12:33 PM

Baby Teeth

 

 

I just noticed that my 23 month old daughter has discolored teeth near the

gumline. I will be calling the pediatrician Monday, but I was wondering

if

any of you have experienced a similar dilemma? She drinks a lot of

chocolate soy milk,and I also give her a liquid vitamin, both of which I

suspect. She has not yet been to a dentist as my pediatrician recommended

that we wait until she is 2 years of age.

 

Thank you,

Robin A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Many of my son's teeth became discolored until it was clear they were slowly

decaying. This began when he was around 15-18 months, and finally when he

was about 25 months, he had to have MAJOR dental work done. I don't know

what caused all of this for sure. I would definitely recommend taking care

of the problem ASAP because the dental saga we went through was awful for

him and us. I wouldn't have waited for them to get past the discoloring

stage, if I had it to do over again.

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your responses. I spoke to my daughter's pediatrician and she

actually described the discolorations to me over the phone! She said it is

common and it is caused by the liquid vitamin (Poly-Vi-Sol) that my daughter

has been taking since she was weened. Why I was not informed of this

possibility before, I do not know. There is no warning label either. I was

discussing this with a colleague and she showed me the discolorations on her

permanent teeth from the chewable vitamin she took as a child. I am very

upset about this but hope that this information is helpful to others.

 

~Robin A.

 

 

 

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