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My son had the brown indentations/lines in his top 2 front teeth that got gradually worse and worse, and the lines got deeper and deeper. He did not complain of pain or anything, it was mainly a cosmetic issue, so I didn't do anything about it. He nursed until he was 2. HE nursed frequently, and towards the end, it felt like he would be basically nursing all night long. Finally, the top 2 teeth naturally fell out, and his adult teeth are beautiful.
He had alot of tooth problems besides those 2 front teeth. He had I think 7 cavities, and actually had to have root canals done on I think 5 or 6 of them (all on the baby teeth!). It was a process that took 2 years of going to the dentist and working on, and his baby teeth have all fallen out normally, and his adult teeth are all healthy and great. I found a pediatric dentist who is GREAT, and he gave my son the novicaine for the first couple of times without him knowing it--he called it the "magic wand"--he would show him the contraption with the cover over the needle so it just looked like a big glass thing. THen he would put some anaesthetic cream stuff on his gums, wait and let it work, then he would uncover the needle without my son seeing, and do his thing. Very impressive. Finally one time my son saw the needle, but this was after many times of going to the dentist, and really he never had pain from the novicaine. It was an arduous thing to go through, but we needed to deal with the problem. I never figured out exactly what the problem was from. My daughter has no tooth decay at all, and nursed until 2, too.
-Nicole
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