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Chipped Baby Molar on Seven Year Old
All baby teeth are replaced! think about how small they are, they have to be replaced, ... True it is a baby tooth but she can still get cavities etc. ...
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- First, yes she will lose her molars and adult molars will come in. Don't stress about that. My 9 year old has lost two of his molars (to give you a time frame for wh...
- I am a dental assistant and yes you do loose molar teeth as long as they are her basby teeth. But still for her age you need to have her seen by her dentist because if...
- My 7 yr. old daughter also has a chipped molar. I didn't even realize it until the dentist pointed it out. This was over 6 months ago and the dentist is monitoring i...
I.V. Sedation for Filling Cavities on 4 Year Old
As far as why so many cavities, for my kids the issue was that they did not have enamel on their baby teeth. The dentist tried to tell me that was because I ...
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- L., I would use that as a last resort. My 10 year old daughter recently had 4 fillings done. They just gave her a little of the "Gas" and she did great. I didn'...
- My 4 year old just got 2 crowns at Baylor Dental School. He only has a very small amount of valium and laughing gas and did great!! He was wide awake and trying to t...
- We had to do this with our son last year. He was almost 6 at the time. It was the only way because he would scream every time they tried to give him the shot, and th...
Baby Root Canal for My 5 Yr Old
I am taking my son today to the dentist for the baby root canal and a bit ... It was a cavity at the gum line, and she needed her front teeth to bite. ...
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- D., I don't know if you'll get this on time but I worked in the offices as a holistic dentist so I learned quite a bit about healthy teeth and stuff while I was there....
- My son had one at age 4. We went to a good Pediatric dentist who used sweet air... my son was fine. Make sure the dentist is good with kids... and don't worry!!!
- My daughter had to have this done when she was almost 6. The pediatric dentist told me to give her benadryl 1/2 before getting there & they also used nitrus oxide to h...
Child's Teeth and Growing Back
It seems like its been months since my daughter lost 4 of her teeth. ... less suseptible to cavities than my older son's teeth, which grew in quickly. ... Many parents wonder about their children's baby teeth being lost and the normal ...
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- My daughter lost one of her front teeth just before her 7 bday in jan and the other one a bit after that..she is asking me when they are growing in so that she can eat...
- Hi, S., Many parents wonder about their children's baby teeth being lost and the normal pattern of permanent teeth growing in. There is tremendous variability in t...
- All children are different some lose and/or grow in new teeth quickly and others more slowly. My experience is that my oldest son lost and grew teeth back quickly and...
Son Having Cavity Issues
Sep 3, 2009 ... Hopefully his permananent teeth won't be proned to cavities too. ... dentists office when I still had baby teeth...just curious and I didn't ...
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- Sometimes bad teeth are inherited. Sounds like this may be the case.
- S., sometimes no matter how vigilant we are teeth are one of those things that are kind of hereditary so sometimes we just get stuck with bad teeth...I had to see more...
- that is tough for a little guy his age. Do you or his father have bad teeth? Sometimes bad teeth are genetic. Wonder if there is enough flouride in the water. Four...
Dentist Wants to Put a Crown on a Baby Tooth.
She has never had a cavity, but he said that these could abcsess under the gums. They were I think 12 year molars... they were the baby teeth, ...
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- Well I have personal experience with this as I had 4 (yes 4) crowns put on my baby teeth when I was about that age! I am very prone to cavities and to this day have t...
- Boy that is one expensive crown for a baby tooth. I am a Dental Hygienist and I believe baby teeth are very important...If you remove a baby tooth before its time you...
- Hello, I dont have the right or wrong answer for you, but my child also had the same thing happen. Her tooth was beyond repair and we also wanted it pulled, but our d...
Dental Sealants
We never put sealants on the baby teeth, but we did on all the adult teeth. ... It is very very rare that cavities will form under cracked sealants. ...
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- Hi K.- I'm 26 years old and have had the same sealants on my teeth since I was probably about 8-10 years old. I have never had a problem with cavities on the teeth...
- Hi K., I am a general dentist, so I can tell you the benefits and the downsides of sealants. They should be done on adult back teeth only (the molars and occasional...
- My daughter is going to have sealants put on her teeth. Her dentist said that once her 6 year molars came in then he would apply the sealants. He said that this would ...
Brushing Baby's First Teeth
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT PREVENTS CAVITIES EARLY ON. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT THE BABY TEETH, BUT I HAVE LEARNED THAT IT CAN INTERFERE ...
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- Hi C., I am a Dental Hygienist and am so happy to here all the responses of the mothers like you who are proactive. There is an ingredient that fights cavities calle...
- Dear C., Anything that you do with your child today, as a routine, becomes the good habit of tomorrow. If you just look at all of the little things in this way, i...
- Do not forget about flossing. You should begin flossing a child's teeth as soon as they have 2 next to each other.
Cavity in My 12 Month Old!
May 28, 2009 ... I brush his teeth at least once a day with baby toothpaste and have ... I can't imagine that your child has a cavity in a tooth that only ...
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- I am so sorry! All the things I would have suggested were the cause of the problem (Soda, fluoride, ect) aren't!! You are right to be concerned about the fluoride. ...
- I am not sure what area you live in; but we use Dr. Bogart. He is on Clear Lake City Blvd. and he is awesome. My kids love him. My daughter at age 4 had to have a toot...
- I would definitely go find another dentist. Babies feel pain just like everyone else - you do NOT just hold them down for a root canal!!!!! This is a huge problem in...
Any Ideas on How to Teach My Baby to Brush Her Teeth
Read all 15 responses: "Hi, My baby is 11 months old and has 6 teeth. ... I let my kids brush their own teeth, they had a few cavities over the years, ...
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- I let my kids start playing with a toothbrush in the bathtub when they were 5-6mo old. They liked to chew on it when they were teething too. Just give it to her in t...
- I have a two and a five year old. I started out just letting them chew on the tooth brush for a while so they would get to know the feel of it. Then slowly I added in ...
- hello K. i too had the same problem with my daughter who now two so i bought this tooth brush from wal-mart that plays music i like it so much she opens her mouth to...
