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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Gotta throw a quick 2 cents reply in here; I've been swimming 2+ years and definitely have noticed a slight discoloration to me teeth, only in between them, and mostly on the insides fortunately. It does not brush off, floss off, etc. and at my last cleaning the dentist pointed it out and also said it was not coming off - I did not link it to swimming/chlorine back then. Very likely from the pool water.............
Gotta throw a quick 2 cents reply in here; I've been swimming 2+ years and definitely have noticed a slight discoloration to me teeth, only in between them, and mostly on the insides fortunately. It does not brush off, floss off, etc. and at my last cleaning the dentist pointed it out and also said it was not coming off - I did not link it to swimming/chlorine back then. Very likely from the pool water.............
