Stains on my baby's teeth?

My 13 month old daughter has brown stains on her teeth. All four on top have stains, but the four on the bottom are perfect. I brush her teeth everyday and rub them hard with a washcloth, but they won't come off! Is she too young to go to the dentist? Can they do anything about it? What caused it?

Stains on my baby's teeth?
She's not too old to go to the dentist. They actually recommend that you take your baby to the dentist as soon as their teeth begin to come in. I'm not sure what the stains could be. I've heard of other babies that had stained baby teeth. Most of them just had to deal with it until they lost their baby teeth. If you let your baby go to sleep with a bottle of juice or milk it may have something to do with that.
Reply:Sleeping with a milk bottle at night causes this. I am sure a dentist would tell you to wait til they lost their teeth. I had a few friends in high school that this happened too and after they lost their baby teeth, it went away. You should still talk to a dentist though.... they are always coming up with new stuff.


Good luck
Reply:My three year old has the same thing, the dentist just scraps them off at each visit, he said it's nothing to worry about, could be due to our water.
Reply:My 21 month old has the same thing. I took him in to see the public health nurse when he was about a year, and she said it's not decay, it just seems to be the colour his teeth will be. It's not really brown, so much as yellowish. I also took him to our dentist. If your dentist won't see her, find another one. If it is decay, you need to know asap. Sometimes they become discoloured from the type of drinks your child has. Either way, best to check it out!


Good luck!
Reply:My son actually has the same problem! DO go to the dentist; especially with as young as your daughter is, there is a special toothpaste they can give you with added calcium and other things that can help build her teeth back up. May not have any effect on the stains now... but should help so there's no problem when the adult teeth come in.





Ian's dentist actually told us he thinks our problem is that something happened during the development of his teeth, perhaps even when he was still in utero (like I caught a fever or something.) May be similar with you, but yes! Do go to the dentist, it's so worth it to know now and be able to maybe fix the issue before it becomes a real problem! Good luck!
Reply:do you use your toothpaste?? or non flouride





my sis in law had the same problem because her mom used flouride toothpaste on her when she was a baby





no it's not to early to take her to a dentist
Reply:Your child is def. not too young to go to the dentist. Sometimes, even though brushing well, you aren't brushing properly. Also if you let them drink juice in bed or lay down with juice etc, you can cause that. Def make a apt. and go see a dentist to correct this.
Reply:My son had two teeth that had yellowish brown stains on them when they came in. My dentist said that they were healthy teeth but the discoloration was probably because he had a cold while he was teething. He also said if his permanent teeth have the same color that he could bleach them. Hope this helped.
Reply:Shes not to young to go to the dentist. It could be plaque or even a cavity.
Reply:either iron drops, or sleeping with a bottle. She isn't too young to go to the dentist. Let her pediatrician recommend one, because not all dentist specialize in babies teeth.
Reply:get rid of the bottle at night time and brush before she goes to bed. if she has to have a bottle, water is the best option to prevent further discoloration. they have flavored water if she doesn't like the plain stuff=] its not to early to take her to the dentist, though there will be nothing they can really do to treat this. after all.. they are baby teeth that will fall out eventually. if she got the teeth at an early age (before 9 months) she doesn't have an appropriate amount of enamel which will also cause the staining at such an early age.



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