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September 18, 2008, 7:57 am
Flag as Inappropriate ryliegirl  

I have a condition that runs in my family that causes the teeth to not develop properly. It goes back as far as my grandfather, that I know of, and possibly may have been present in generations before. It has always been attributed to a calcium deficiency. In having this condition the teeth do not grow and develop as normal healthy teeth would. When the teeth come in they are very small and dark brown in color. It looks much like tooth decay, but actually is present from the time the first tooth comes in, long before any type of decay could occur. I really have never understood this because it has happened to family members who did have plenty of calcium in their diet as babies before the teeth were present. My grandfather, my mother and two of her siblings, 2 of my cousins and I, and one young child of my cousin have all had this condition when our teeth first came in and it even carried on as our permanent teeth began to develop. Therefore, I have had dentures since I was a young girl. Does anyone here know what the name of this condition really is and what actually causes it? I would like to know what causes this heredity disease to occur from the beginning.

Genetic hereditary diseases all start with a mutation in the genes and it can affect one person or it can affect whole families.

If this disease bothers you a lot, there are genetic counselors out there that you can go to for information. Or you can go to your doctor and discuss it with him.

You could also go to:

http://www.hdfoundation.org/home.php.

It's The Hereditary Disease Foundation and get some assistance from them.

My sister had something like this happen to her teeth because she was given strong antibiotics at a very young age due to a surgery. She also never really developed enamel on her teeth so she has to get treatments every so often to have this addressed.