Cavity in a Baby Tooth

I have felt the same way before, so you are not horrible! ha My daughter was going to have some teeth removed when they found a cavity, and that's the first thing I asked - is it one of the teeth they are going to take out anyway? Sometimes the molars hang around for awhile and don't fall out for a few more years - the cavity could spread to the adult tooth, or if you have it pulled, they will want to put a spacer in. I would look at it this way: at least you have gone all this time with no expense! Your son never had a cavity - that's great.

Hi, H.:

The cost of dental work seems high. Call Dr.Kosteva's office and see what they say or
suggest.

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Hope this helps.

Good luck. D.

I filled my daughters molar, and yeah, it fell out the next year.

My son has decay in a babytooth and I am not filling it. Not because of expense, but because it puts heavy metal murcury into thier body. ONE year without a babytooth in place- i would think it shouldn't be a problem.

Giving magnesium citrate or magnesium malate will help harden teeth. Cod liver oil helps with decay also. chewing gum with xylitol kills the bacrteria that causes decay- so we chew it if we have eaten away from home.

You really do need to do something about it, as cavities left alone can cause infections and major damage to the adult teeth beneath them. However, there is really no good reason to fill/crown it instead of simply pulling it out. It will not be that long until it is replaced. Also, a space maintainer should not be necessary, as he is old enough to have permanent teeth behind that already, though if he already has space problems, it would probably be better to have one so the existing teeth do not move into that space.

The longer the tooth stays in there with a cavity, the more likely it will spread & infect the other teeth and mess up the tooth bed for the adult tooth coming in behind it. My aunt took the cheap method with my cousin because they were just baby teeth, and just didn't do anything at all. The cavities spread to all his teeth. She opted to let the teeth just fall out on their own. He's a handsome kid, but his adult teeth came in all messed up.

My sister had my nephew's cavities drilled and metal capped, and it was terribly expensive.

Removing it is the cheaper (and best) option, but a spacer would be necessary. Once a tooth is removed, the other teeth tend to spread out a little, and they'd crowd the new tooth that would come in and it would create more orthodontic problems.

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Hi H., My middle daughter had to have "root cannals" (pulpautomy) done on all four of her 12 yr molars when she was 6 due to a flaw in the enamal of her teeth. We were given the option of "spacers" vs the pulpautomies & silver crowns and frankly they looked painfull...ugly and needed far more attention in the long run. There is no guarentee that the 12 yr molars will fall out by year 12, my daughter just lost her last one and she will be 16 next month. Go with your instincts after you get all the facts from your dentist. Best wishes.