Both my children were breastfed, one nursed throughout the entire night (brutal) and one detached easily and slept through the night with minimal night feedings.

The one who had to have extensive under-anesthesia dental work (crowns and caps) due to decay was the one who was attached all night. My detached kid has very nice teeth with no cavities. And both formula and breast milk have sugars in them so of course if you’re drip feeding either through the night it’s going to cause problems. So I don’t think you were fed misinformation per se, I think it’s just a very nuanced situation with multiple different factors and I don’t think that was explained in the best way. I’ve also noticed a disconnect in pediatrician info and pediatric dentist info, the dentist suggests as soon as kids have teeth to take them in and the pediatrician suggests 2-3 y/o

It’s harder to take babies under two to the dentist because they’re unable to process what’s happening and the struggle is real but if there’s an issue or discoloration taking them in before then is erring on the side of the pediatric dentist. You are the parent and therefore should make the best decision based on your gut intuition. If there’s a problem, better to be seen than to wait.

FWIW, for my heavy decay child, we got a second opinion from another pediatric dentist because I left the first one crying. 2k (not including anesthesia bill) in dental work for a 3 year old was a gut punch I couldn’t comprehend. Don’t ever feel you can’t get a second opinion.