Can child's tooth decay lyme related? (question about my 3 yo son)

OH Penny! I'm so sorry to hear of this new issue with your little boy! I had significant issues with my teeth, although they didn't start until I was around 8 or so as I got my infections all on my own.

I came across this though. It's an interview with Dr. Andrew Landerman of California:
www.publichealthalert.org/Articles/marybudinger/lyme%20in%20mouth.htm

" MB: Are Lyme bacteria in the teeth?

AL: Not in the enamel, but in the dentin and tubules. Every tooth has some three miles of tiny tubules that spirochetes love to occupy. Antibiotics, even the extended courses that some chronic Lyme patients use, do not get into these tubules. Lyme gravitates toward some teeth. It is my experience that Lyme gravitates especially to the upper and lower centrals, and to the upper and lower first molars. That's eight teeth."

My son was less than a year old when his teeth started abcessing because of chronic ear infections, so my heart goes out to both of you!

Just an update on my Son, in case anyone finds this post and needs info about treatment of ECC.

He's seen my IAOMT dentist and right now we are NOT doing fillings, perhaps in a few months. His teeth are not abscessed. We are hoping to remineralize his teeth naturally, which means basically to refill the teeth naturally.

Did a lot of research on ECC (early childhood cavies) and it is totally possible to reverse this.

We use toothpaste with xylitol and I give him several small xylitol candies a day. We needs 4 "hits" of xylitol, to help kill off the strep mutans bacteria that may be the culprit. (There is a lot of controversy around this, but after reading a bunch of literature, it makes sense to me and my DDS told me about it.)

Another thing we've been doing is using what I call "pirate toothpaste". I take some black walnut hull poweder and rub it on his teeth. It's really messy AND fun! He spits it out and rinses. It's purported to help with remineralization. We'll see.

Remineralization also requires dietary approach, so he's on good quality fish oil, probiotics, Vit D and daily with iron. (He's on this stuff anyway, but I added the fish oil as there's opinions that fish oil is helpful in remineralization.)

I wonder if Lyme somehow was at play in my son's mouth, but there are many kids with ECC that are not Lyme related so I'll never know for sure. He's a very healthy child, so I feel blessed.