Why do children's teeth turn yellow?

When facing children’s problems, I believe parents take these issues very seriously. Indeed, children are developing slowly. Even small changes can have serious consequences. Therefore, parents should take good care of their children. When faced with different situations of their children, parents will take different measures. When children's teeth turn yellow, what should parents do? Next, the editor will introduce to you, what should parents do when children's teeth turn yellow?

For parents, it is important to pay attention to some abnormal "tooth discoloration" situations.

Tooth discoloration is generally divided into three categories: extrinsic discoloration, intrinsic discoloration, and discoloration caused by dental pulp disease. Extrinsic staining is easy to understand. It is the deposition of pigments and tartar that causes tooth discoloration. For example, people who drink tea, coffee or smoke are prone to tooth discoloration. This can be fixed by professional cleaning by a dentist. Among the discolorations themselves, the most common is the famous "tetracycline teeth", which is the discoloration of teeth caused by the mother taking tetracycline during pregnancy. This is actually because tetracycline combines with the calcium ions in the teeth to form a complex, causing tooth discoloration. Similar to this are mottled enamel caused by long-term consumption or drinking of too high concentrations of fluoride, and tooth discoloration due to incomplete enamel development.

The last category is discoloration caused by dental pulp disease. For example, if the tooth has been hit or traumatized, you may not feel it at the time, but later the pulp slowly dies and the color of the tooth changes. In addition, some people need root canal treatment due to severe tooth disease. After treatment, some people's teeth turn light gray to dark brown.

Different tooth discoloration requires different treatments. The simplest ones only require professional cleaning, and there are also some bleaching drugs in dentistry, but for complex and stubborn tooth discoloration, especially discoloration caused by pulp disease, it is often necessary to restore the beauty of the teeth through methods such as porcelain teeth.

If your baby's teeth are a little yellow, it may just be the original color of the teeth. If this is the case, there is no need to be too nervous. There are things like black lines on the baby's teeth. Since they cannot be seen with the naked eye, it is still necessary to let the doctor take a look to confirm whether it is caries. If it is indeed tooth decay, then it needs to be treated.

Yellow teeth in infants and young children may be caused by:

Internal reasons include: if the mother used tetracycline for a long time in childhood or has severe liver disease that causes long-term high jaundice, if the baby is a premature baby with poor liver function, or if there is neonatal hemolysis, etc., the baby's teeth may infiltrate pigments during the calcification process and become too dark yellow-brown, which is difficult to recover in the future.

External reasons: If you do not brush your teeth for a long time, use the wrong brushing method, or eat dark yellow foods such as coffee for a long time, the surface of your teeth will turn yellow, especially the inner side.

For those whose teeth turn yellow due to internal factors, the inside of their teeth are already completely yellow, so it is difficult to improve. Some bleaching methods are needed to correct the color of the tooth surface, or you can consider using braces to solve the problem.

The color of bleaching depends on factors such as the individual's face shape, the color of the lips when opened and the contrast with the teeth, etc., and a decision can only be made after a check-up by a dentist.

If the yellowing is caused by external factors, you need to improve it by changing your habits. Avoid foods that are heavily colored. Brush your teeth in the correct way so that they become white, bright and shiny.

This is all I have to say about a series of issues regarding yellow teeth in children. Here, I want to tell you. If you notice any abnormal changes in your child's teeth, you should see a dentist immediately. Don't take it lightly. In terms of diet, try to let your children drink less cold drinks. This has a particularly bad effect on children who are just starting to teethe. Finally, I hope your child is in good health!