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educate me on bottle rot

vab1216vab1216
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Is it mainly from putting your LO to bed with a bottle? Does it make the baby teeth unhealthy and not grow in correctly? I ask because I have a first grader who has horribly skinny rotting teeth and I don't know why. I had her sister too and once she lost the baby teeth she had no adult teeth for about 3 years when they finally starting to slowly come in. DH's cousins daughter also has two teeth that are fake from bottle rot...but the mom said she also gave her a bottle for 2 years.
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  • vab1216vab1216

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    Is it mainly from putting your LO to bed with a bottle? Does it make the baby teeth unhealthy and not grow in correctly? I ask because I have a first grader who has horribly skinny rotting teeth and I don't know why. I had her sister too and once she lost the baby teeth she had no adult teeth for about 3 years when they finally starting to slowly come in. DH's cousins daughter also has two teeth that are fake from bottle rot...but the mom said she also gave her a bottle for 2 years.

     

    By having a first grader I mean she is in my class...=)

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  • julia0402julia0402

    Yes, it is mostly from having a habit of letting LO have a bottle of milk or juice in the crib and then fall asleep without brushing their teeth.

    The sisters you are talking about sound to me like they may have some kind of hereditary problem with their teeth.  I only say that because you said her permanent teeth were delayed and that would not really be related to "bottle rot".

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  • LaurenNBillLaurenNBill

    Sounds like it could be genetic and the family isn't taking care of their teeth at all. I had a client that was 13 and had no teeth. He was in our residential facility and we had to get the remaining "stubs" pulled and fit him for dentures. At 13!!! I always wondered how no one noticed this earlier. 

    Could be from bottle rot, but it has to be more than that. Poor things.  

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  • sophie888sophie888

    The "baby teeth" are pretty soft and much more suceptible to decay.  When you put a baby to bed with a bottle in their mouth, the formula/BM often pools in there.  Bacteria in the mouth use the sugar from these liquids as food which produces acid that cause the tooth decay.  Baby teeth are important because they hold a space for the adult teeth prior to them erupting.  Without the baby teeth holding the places adult teeth can drift.  This can cause crowding. 

     So - never put a baby to bed with a bottle or let a toddler walk around with a bottle in their mouth constantly.  Wink

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  • julia0402julia0402
    Here is a resource from the ADA
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  • ceg2483ceg2483
    It can also be caused by soda.  My friend's niece is 5 years old and has to have several rotten teeth removed because she drinks soda all the time.  The unfortunate thing is that her mother STILL gives it to her.
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