> Date:    Fri, 1 Nov 2002 23:52:25 EST
> From:    [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: toth decay
>
> Gina:
>
>  look into the archives/ there are other factors involved in tooth
> decay...
>
>   Patricia
>
Oh, no!  Sorry I wasn't clear.  I know there are.  I was specifically
speaking to the question of pooling when I responded.  And our dentist
does seem to understand this as well.  I think, though, that her feeling
is that once there is already decay, the pooling exacerbates it.  She
didn't suggest (at least I think she didn't) that the pooling *caused*
the decay in the first place.

Does anyone else think that perhaps Strep Mutans are becoming a "super
bacteria"?  Perhaps they're antibiotic resistant or spreading with more
ease than they used to.  Perhaps children are colonizing each other when
they share chewed on toys and sippy cups, etc.  It seems to me like this
is an epidemic.  Among my breastfeeding peers and moms I help, I know of
at least a dozen people who are fighting this--actually probably more
like 2 dozen.  I have have several theories as to what *caused* my son's
decay--here are a few:
-We've lived in the Pacific NW from the time he was 15 mos old.  I wonder
about Vit D problems due to the intensely cloudy days/lack of outdoor
time last winter.
-He was a big spitter upper until he started eating significant amounts
of solids, which didn't really happen until close to 15 mos as well.  I
wonder about the acid disintigrating his enamel.
-About this same time he was cutting his molars and we were fairly
liberal with the children's tylenol and motrin before bed.  Perhaps we
didn't brush off that sticky sugary medicine well enough.
Clearly, however, he has a problem with his enamel.  I believe it's caled
enamel hypoplasia.  It's basically falling off his teeth--or at least
some of his teeth.

I enjoyed your article in New Beginnings, Joylyn.  I intend to contact
Toni Sugg to hopefully contribute to her book.

Gina Gerboth
In not-yet-cloudy Oregon

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