Is it a know fact or just common that children with acid reflux have dental problems? Jadce and I were watching a make over show on TLC friday night, they were doing dental work. He found it interesting and asked are my teath yellow too? I said no then told him that if he did not brush his teath before he goes to bed that they would turn yellow. (He only will allow us to brush his teath in the shower once a day.) He was curious when the dentist on tv was scraping the ladys teath and asked if it hurt. I said no and used my finger to show him what they were doing and what plaque was. As I was doing this I noticed some food stuck to the front of his tooth and rubed it with my finger. Under the food was a HOLE! I had just brushed his teath last night that was not there. I dont rember him falling or him saying he hurt his mouth. So how did that get there? I dont think it is a chip. Because it is so close to the gums and so deep that it would have had to hurt or blead if he fell or something. So I guess my question really is could the asid from his stumoch be coming up and rotting his teath?

Hmmm.... interesting question. I would think if it was from the reflux, then it would be on the back of his teeth.
I do know that those people who vomit frequently (such as those suffering from anorexia/bulimia) have problems with decay and erosion on the backs of their teeth. Also, when we did IVF I was forever vomitting as the hormone drugs etc made me so ill. My dentist asked me if I was unwell as the backs of my top teeth had eroded alot.. and she says this is from the acidicity from the vomit/bile.
I would guess that that hole has probably been there a while but hasn't been noticeable. I suppose a trip to the dentist is in order for your little man...... :hug:

I'll never forget the story I heard from one mom years ago about her son who had been to the dentist a dozen times because his teeth were disintegrating. The dentist always scolded her for not brushing them and taking care of them. She spent years assuring the guy she was, and eventually she switched dentists. The new dentist was smart enough to recognize or at least suspect GERD and he was eventually diagnosed and treated for it. He had no other symptoms.

Anyway, yes, it will/can do damage. Details about the type of damage, or where the damage can occur I'm not sure of though.

Here's an article provided by PAGER: http://infantrefluxdisease.com/reflux_dental.php

Thank you ladies! I plan to call the dentist bright and early in the morning. Jadce dose not have reflux but did have pyloric stinosis and did not have teath at the time. But I was thinking what I wrote in my first post because with stumoch issues running in our family asid from the stumoch was my first thought. I was also thinking of when I was a child I had and still do have dental issues with cavitys. My younger sister's nick name was mettal mouth when we were little. She had almost all silver teath. Now she has had to have porciline fronts put on her top teath due to something called acidic silivia. Before she had this done her teath never looked clean and had what looked like worm holes in them. I hope all of this is not an indication of what is to come with my boys. I will let yall know what the dentist says.