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Tooth brittleness 2 years old
Hello doctor, my daughter she is 2.3 years old and her tooth is getting brittle day by day. I have attached her tooth picture here with this message. We are totally no idea what we need to do and get confused a lot since she is only 2 year old. Please advise us what step we need to do. Thank you doctor.
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Don't bottle feed your child to sleep. And don't allow your child to eat food for a longer period of time. It has caused the tooth decay.
Next Steps
Visit any Pediatric Dentist in your city to help you with some pediatric crowns that may be decided after xray of the concerned tooth.
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That's Rampant dental caries. Visit a pediatric dentist asap for more information and treatment. Do not delay as it will spread rapidly to every tooth in the mouth. This also needs a major counseling sessions to change diet and oral hygiene habits. Milk teeth are extremely important and pediatric dentists are trained to treat such young children.
Next Steps
visit a pediatric dentist for further management
brush twice daily
ask child to rinse mouth with water and spit, if child can't spit then you can wipe the teeth with moist cotton after food.
Health Tips
avoid night time breast feeding
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Dear Patient
There is no need to worry as most dental problems can be treated. Please share more information on- any other family members have this problem, which other teeth have this problem, since how long, is there pain ,fever?
The breaking teeth can be result of many things hereditary condition, cavity , trauma, extreme flourosis,etc.
Breaking of teeth needs to be stopped and needs treatment
Next Steps
Visit a Dentist as soon as possible.
Health Tips
Avoid self medication and diagnosis
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