Should i fill cavity in baby teeth

Cavities can pass from tooth to tooth, just like a cold. The cavity causing sugar bugs multiply and they swim around in the same environment — your mouth!

In short, if you have a high risk of getting even more cavities, your pediatric dentist may recommend fixing the tooth so your other teeth are protected. You can trust our board certified pediatric dentists, Dr Dylan Bordonaro and Dr. T Jay Robinson to let you know when a baby tooth need to be filled. If you think your child may have cavities, please call our office at for an appointment.

Fluoride treatment is recommended at the dentist office because it keeps teeth strong Since Fluoride supplementation has been proven to reduce the risk of cavities. How Fluoride Works Fluoride treatment does three very important things: Strengthens your enamel, A cavity is an infection caused by bacteria that creates a hold in the tooth.

Did you know that cavities are infectious like Colds? The biggest culprit My Child Has a Cavity. Now What? Cavities are usually the one major concern that most parents have when their kids visit the dentist. Learn more. Check-ups Recommended every 6 months. X-Rays Catch signs of problems early. Laughing Gas Conscious sedation to relax young patients. Mouth Guards Protect teeth and jaw from sport injuries.

Flouride Treatment Makes teeth stronger and resistant to cavities. Without the baby tooth to hold the space for the permanent tooth, surrounding teeth collapse into the empty space.

This can cause the submerged permanent tooth to come into the mouth only partially, in the wrong position, or at an awkward angle. When multiple baby teeth are missing from early removal, the entire dental arch can collapse, making it smaller and narrower.

The small size leads to severe crowding of the permanent teeth. The layer of enamel covering baby teeth is significantly thinner than that covering permanent teeth. All cavities begin with a process called demineralization. This is a softening or weakening of the hard outer shell of enamel. At this stage, the process can still be reversed, meaning no treatment is necessary on the tooth. Because the enamel on baby teeth is so thin, when demineralization starts, you have a much shorter time period in which you can intervene and stop the decay process.

Cavities simply grow much faster in baby teeth than they do in permanent teeth. It also means that doing nothing is not a good treatment option for your child. Without intervention, cavities in baby teeth rapidly progress into dangerous dental infections.

Children are more likely to get cavities due to their lack of ability to perform great oral hygiene. Unfortunately, kids just cannot clean their teeth by themselves.

This impaired oral hygiene means that dental plaque remains on the teeth after brushing, and the bacteria within that plaque continue to produce dangerous, demineralizing acids. And, yes, baby teeth do need to be flossed, just like permanent teeth do. There are times when it is okay to pull a baby tooth. Your dentist will typically use an x-ray of the tooth, which shows the underlying permanent tooth, to help you make this decision. It is perfectly safe to pull a baby tooth with a cavity when the permanent tooth is properly positioned and near its normal time for emergence into the mouth.

The opposite is also true. The further away the permanent is from the eruption, the riskier it is to pull a baby tooth. There are also cases where the cavity on a baby tooth is small enough that it will not reach a dangerous point before the baby tooth falls out.

The risk in this situation is that the bacteria and decay on the baby tooth could transfer to an adjacent permanent tooth, which you would obviously want to prevent. Sometimes, an orthodontist will request the removal of baby teeth so that they can guide poorly positioned permanent teeth into the correct position. So there are times that we even remove relatively healthy baby teeth to produce a better long-term result. This is outlined in the info-graphic below along with other facts about baby teeth.

The earlier we treat the decay, the easier it is to prevent the spread of decay and further issues. We have many child tooth decay treatment options. We want to work with you to keep your child in school, out of pain, and learning how to take care of their teeth! Facebook Instagram.