Nursing bottle tooth decay is caused when a baby is put to bed or falls asleep with a bottle in his/her mouth. What happens is the milk or substance in the bottle drip into the mouth and remain in contact with the teeth. Over time the milk turns to sugar and causes decay on the teeth. This is also true about juice and kool aid...NEVER put your baby to bed with a bottle...the damage can also effect their permanent teeth!
Tooth decay is a result of bacteria in the mouth metabolizing simple sugars. The bacteria produce acid which erodes the enamel of the tooth. The longer the teeth are exposed to the acid, the greater chance of tooth decay occurring.
"Baby bottle syndrome" is when a child is allowed excessive access to a baby bottle or cup of a liquid that contains sugar. Milk, fruit drinks, and many nutritional
supplements contain sugar and the result can be widespread, even rampant tooth decay. Quite often, a parent will put a child down for a nap with a sugar-laden
bottle, and for several hours their teeth are exposed to the sugar and the resulting decay-causing
acid.
I guess because you are drinking the milk through the front teeth, and when you don't brush your teeth that night, then the sugar sits there and decays.
The first signs of damage are chalky white spots or lines across the teeth. As decay progresses, the damage to the child's teeth becomes obvious.
The teeth will be yellow or begin to turn dark. Babies teeth need to be brushed just like grown ups, and lets face it if they have teeth the bottle needs to go anyways. It is the night time bottle that is doing the damage.
The teeth will slowly decay if you do not brush your teeth.
Fillings are not usually an option in small children because of the small size of their teeth and the concern of recurrent decay. When the decay has advanced to the pulp, pulling the tooth is often the treatment of choice.
what is a layer a bacteria on your teeth it can lead to decay what is it is it plack
Is it teeth decay
Brush your teeth!
fluoride
How old was he when the bottle was taken fom him. Sounds like bottle roy
It is most likely decay, but it could be something else. The only way to know is to see a dentist. The brown spot is most likey not caused by antibiotics. Those type should not be given anymore. And they normally affect the adult teeth and all of them, not just one. It is possible that it's decay and will need to be filled. If it is decay, then their are probably other teeth that have decay also. A front tooth usually gets a cavity after the back teeth. But if the child goes to bed with a bottle or cup or even on the breast a lot, it could be decay from that. The only thing in a bottle that won't cause a cavity it plain water. Juice, milk, formula, breast milk; all of that may cause a cavity. Bottom line, the child should be taken to a dentist to be sure if it is or isn't and fixed if it is. I once had a cat who had brown discoloration on his teeth, and the vet told me that was because he had probably been given tetracycline as a kitten, before I got him. Yes it is tooth decay. Yes it can be caused by antibiotics because the medicine and cause an imbalance in the calcium / phosphorous metabolism.
no it doesn't cause decay in adults
"if you don't take good care of your teeth, they will decay"