2 Year Olds Teeth Turning Black

There's some things that can turn her teeth black aside from rotting. If she's getting too MUCH fluoride from toothpaste and fluorinated water that can do it. Also, there's quite a few antibiotics that can cause teeth to change colors. You might want to talk to a doctor too... If the teeth are black and NOT from decay, it's a systemic issue.

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When my husband was little his 2 frint teeth turned dark almost black and his dentist said he got a bacteria in side the pulp of them and it was turning them black and that bacteria could get into his adult teeth if not treated. So they did root canals on bothteth and cleaned all hte bacteria out and he had silver front teeth (so cute in pictures) till they fell out and his adult teeth came in just fine. It might be bacteria so maybe try to contact the dentist and see if you can be put on a cancelation list to get in sooner.

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Is it possible your daughter may have bumped her mouth at some point? It sounds like her tooth has root damage. It happened to my daughter as well, when her cousin turned on the treadmill when she was standing on it (argh!) and she tripped and fell, pushing her tooth up into the root of the gum. We took her to the doctor and he warned us that the tooth would darken. Unfortunately the tooth/teeth will remain dark in color until it falls out and the new adult tooth comes in, but the adult one will be perfectly healthy! Im sure your dentist could explain to you all of the possible causes once you go in. I opted not to have my daughter's tooth removed, since there was no continuing pain, no deterioration of the tooth itself, and it did not affect her chewing. She just had a wicked smile for a while! lol. Good luck to you!

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Most dentists can put you on the call if there is a cancellation list or you can call every day to see, eventually they might just work you in earlier if you are persistent. Always be pleasant and simply say you are calling to see if they have a cancellation you can take the place of..... They will see you as a nice pest and take care of you. Good Luck! Let us know what happens.

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I had bad teeth when I was little. When they are rotting out, they turn brown and it eats into the enamel. There will be obvious damage. Black sounds like either there was an injury and it lost blood supply or possibly ingesting too much of a vitamin or mineral.
Good luck.
D.

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I don't want to scare you at all but my step-brother has always had weak/ just horrible teeth and now so does my nephew. My nephew will be 3 in March but has gone to the dentist every 6 months (like an adult) for over a year now. His teeth were doing the same thing. He just needs more care for his teeth than other people will need.
Put the worries aside though, you are doing what you can by taking him to the dentist.

I'd be more concerned about her getting too many vitamins or some kind of mineral in your water. Sometimes too much of a "good thing" isn't good. Or maybe it's a medication side effect. It's a good thing you've already called the dentist.

It could be something easy to fix. I know that when children are on Iron supplements, their teeth turn darker/black. Perhaps, a change in diet is all that is needed. I know this is easier to say than do, but try not freak out until you meet with the dentist.

HTH

A.,

My son is on iron supplements and a multivitamin with iron, and they turn his teeth black too, having said that I did get confirmation from my pediatrician/ and on staff pediatric dentist that it wasn't something more. If you can't get in to see your regular dentist, I would check to see if there is another dentist covered by your insurance that accepts walkins or that can get an earlier appointment. Your child's dental health is very important. Hope all works out.

Not sure what your situation is but my son has a rare dental disorder from birth called Dentinogenesis Imperfecta and he has had surgery on his teeth since he was 12 months old. he is 8 now(been seeing a dentist since he was 10 months old) and will be going for more surgery in the next 6 months. he has to see a pediatric dentist every 3 months. I H. you figure it out soon
Here is some info on what my son has and what some other rare dental conditions are
http://www.mchoralhealth.org/PediatricOH/mod3_5_4.htm

My cousin which is age two had this same problem and the dentist gave her medicine to clear the bacterie infection.HE said it was from her still sucking on a pacifier that was being taken in and out of her mouth and not being cleaned often.

I'd find a dentist who will see her right away or at least take her to the ped. as soon as possible. Most 2yr olds haven't been to a dentist and your ped. doctor should be use to looking at teeth too. They may be able to at least give you some idea about the cause and how urgent it is.

If your daugther is on an antibotics this could be the reason. For some reason the medicine will do this.

R.

it does sound like they are rotting. Did you ever put her to bed with a drink, especially milk? The drinks rot their teeth while they sleep. Did she ever get hit in the mouth? They could also have dead roots if she has been hit. The doc will probably pull them and then her perm teeth should come in ok.

A., did she fall on her face? Is there a possibility that it could be caused by an injury? That's what happened to my son's front baby tooth. The doctor told me I had to just wait to see if the tooth would recover. It got alright, thankfully.

However, if there is no injury to account for it, I wouldn't blame you at all for getting her into the dentist right away. Meanwhile, make sure you do not give her milk during the night - only water after you brush her teeth. And make sure you ask the dentist about fluoride supplements if there is no fluoride in your water supply.

Good luck!
D.

Did you call a pediatric dentist for the appointment? If not, I would recommend you do that right away. I think they would get you in quicker. Otherwise, I think you are doing the right things.

that happend to my neighbors little boy... they turned kind of a grey. he went in and had them whitened, the good news is they are just baby teeth. you could see if you can find a dental clinic and see if they have anything sooner

Has she had tetracycline by any chance or did you have it while you were pregnant with her by chance?

If not, sounds like her teeth my be dying. Has she fallen and hit them pretty hard?
Do they look rotten or just turning black. Rotten would be like they are corroding?

Go to the dentist and seek out professional help.

I just read about this the other day in "What To Expect The First Year." It said that if a child is receiving too much iron their teeth may turn gray/black. Do you give your child multivitamins with extra iron? Check out the website whattoexpect.com

Hope this helps. S.

This may be a condition called Bottle Mouth. She should be seen right away to determine what is causing the teeth to turn black. Stop any sugary liquid in a bottle or giving her candy. Sugar feeds the bacteria in the mouth which causes decay.

Try getting her in to a Dentist ho specializes in children. I am sorry that you have to wait so long for her to be seen.

Also helpfull to look up Bottle Mouth on the internet for more information.

my sisters son did the same thing they called them chalk teath and he drank plenty of milk but his teath were soft and they had to pull eight teath at one time.dont know what causes it but they were baby teath and when his permanate teath came in he was fine.or my son is on seasure medication and they say that is hard on there teath also.good luck and get her sean by a dentest asap.