sherryberry79
Mummy to Amelia
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Hello all,
Just wondered if any of you mummies and daddies have noticed your premmies milk teeth are tinged yellow?
For a while now I have thought that Millie's had a yellow tinge, but whenever I have mentioned it to my other half, or my mum etc the have dismissed it and told me that I am imagining it. Today I looked in her mouth to find the teeth were unmistakably yellow, so I turned to my old friend google. It became clear very soon that there IS a link between prematurity and yellow milk teeth. This can be for a number of reasons for example, intubation, TPN, prolonged ventilation, medications/antibiotics, and the smaller/earlier the baby, the more likely it is that yellow milk teeth will occur.
I know that in the grand scheme of things this is a teeny tiny cross to bear, but it bothers me that other people might judge me as a parent, on the basis of the colour of Millie's teeth.......when in fact we are very careful to make sure her teeth are cleaned every day, despite the fact that she has oral hypersensitivity, and we have to battle with her......it takes two of us and she screams the house down!!![nope :nope: :nope:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/nope.gif)
The good news is that from what I have read, as long as the child does not need too many anti-biotics over the next 5-6 yrs, adult teeth should be unaffected.
Just wondered if any of you mummies and daddies have noticed your premmies milk teeth are tinged yellow?
For a while now I have thought that Millie's had a yellow tinge, but whenever I have mentioned it to my other half, or my mum etc the have dismissed it and told me that I am imagining it. Today I looked in her mouth to find the teeth were unmistakably yellow, so I turned to my old friend google. It became clear very soon that there IS a link between prematurity and yellow milk teeth. This can be for a number of reasons for example, intubation, TPN, prolonged ventilation, medications/antibiotics, and the smaller/earlier the baby, the more likely it is that yellow milk teeth will occur.
I know that in the grand scheme of things this is a teeny tiny cross to bear, but it bothers me that other people might judge me as a parent, on the basis of the colour of Millie's teeth.......when in fact we are very careful to make sure her teeth are cleaned every day, despite the fact that she has oral hypersensitivity, and we have to battle with her......it takes two of us and she screams the house down!!
![nope :nope: :nope:](/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/nope.gif)
The good news is that from what I have read, as long as the child does not need too many anti-biotics over the next 5-6 yrs, adult teeth should be unaffected.