Q.
I took my 6 year old daughter to her dentist recently as I have noticed some white marks and slight pitting to her new permanent tooth which came through. He explained that this was fluorosis. Although she has never eaten tooth paste like he asked we do live in a fluorodated area and she always drank plenty of tap water along with reqular brushing, needless to say I am going to complain to the authorities I dont agree with the water being fluorodated as this also happened to my cousin when she was a child!! He said the fluorosis is mild and he has a child who goes to him with severely mottled teeth. He told me not to worry he said it was best not to do anything much with it although he did give the tooth a little polish to improve the appearance. You can only see the imperfections if you look closely but I just wondered if this area is more likely to decay and what cosmetic procedures are available for mild fluorosis. I would rather not go down the route of cosmetic procedures until she is older but it would be nice to know the options and if this area is going to get worse or be prone to decay