I was wondering if someone could help me with this - my child is getting the adult teeth (front top tooth in particular). The new tooth that is just starting to come in is fairly yellowed with opaque white spots on it. What is this and how do children get it? Does it go away on it's own or is there something we need to do?
2007-08-31 16:25:39 · 2 answers · asked by Mrs. Goddess 6 in Health ➔ Dental
The permanent teeth are slightly yellow in color, especially when compared to the baby teeth. An antibiotic by the name of tetracycline (and related antibiotics) will cause the permanent teeth to yellow if given to a young child while the enamel is developing. For this reason the antibiotic is rarely prescribed for children.
Mottling of the teeth can be due to a severe febrile illness during enamel formation, or from excessive intake of fluoride.
Both of the above are permanent conditions. In my experience, they rarely required cosmetic intervention.
2007-08-31 16:43:52 · answer #1 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the adult teeth start coming in they will be slightly yellow. The reason they look so yellow is because the baby teeth or milk teeth are really white. This is normal. As far as the white spots it sounds like enamel hypoplasia, it is an enamel defect. It just means that the enamel is not as strong as it could be.
Check this out for more details...
http://www.uiowa.edu/~c090247/ENAMEL_HYPOPLASIA.pdf
Feel free to send me a message if you have anymore questions
2007-08-31 16:49:47 · answer #2 · answered by heather k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋