I took my 8 year old to the dentist today for a check-up. One of our concerns was the brown discoloration on her two front teeth. The first question the dentist asked was "Is she a tea drinker?" (No). The second question stunned me, "Is she a swimmer?"
Apparently a few of his swim team patients over the years have experienced discoloration. It's not permanent (he was able to scrap her's off). He didn't explain the chemical reaction taking place.
I have never heard of this before, so I thought I'd put it up here. Have any of you had this experience either with yourselves or your kids? And can anyone explain what the chlorine/dental connection is or could be?
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Thanks to Jayhawk, ourswimmer and Geek for finding those articles and checking this out. (I googled, but got nothing other than the "Chlorine is a Poison" articles). The article by the AGD described exactly what my daughter's teeth looked like. As long as it's not permanent and can be periodically scraped off, I'm cool with it.
Thanks to Jayhawk, ourswimmer and Geek for finding those articles and checking this out. (I googled, but got nothing other than the "Chlorine is a Poison" articles). The article by the AGD described exactly what my daughter's teeth looked like. As long as it's not permanent and can be periodically scraped off, I'm cool with it.
