Dentists: why am I filling and sealing 4 cavities in my kid's baby teeth? He

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Apr 22, 2024
11:09:26am

rcbyufan Truly Addicted User

Only has baby teeth right now. Seems overkill to me. Thoughts?

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Dentists: why am I filling and sealing 4 cavities in my kid's baby teeth? He

rcbyufan

Apr 22, 11:09am

RE: Dentists: why am I filling and sealing 4 cavities in my kid's baby teeth? He

LumberCoug

Apr 22, 11:11am

I'm set to take him next week, not the wife. I'm thinking about cancelling appt.

rcbyufan

Apr 22, 11:16am

How old is your kid? Where are the cavities? How deep are they? Are they between

SuperTank

Apr 22, 11:18am

He has 0 permanent teeth. He's almost 9. Basically bad flossing between back

rcbyufan

Apr 22, 11:23am

He's 8 and has no permanent teeth? I'm no dentist but that doesn't sound right.

XORCoug

Apr 22, 11:29am

It definitely can happen. It’s late for sure but it can happen.

A Drew Aitch

Apr 22, 11:30am

All my kids have been made fun of for how late they lose their first tooth.

rcbyufan

Apr 22, 12:03pm

Sorry, kids can be mean.

XORCoug

Apr 22, 12:12pm

It's not a big deal. It's funny to see when teachers and other kids are

rcbyufan

Apr 22, 12:15pm

I have a grandson that is 10 and just lost his front teeth--he had only lost

AF_Puma

Apr 22, 12:40pm

If he has zero permanent teeth at age 9 that means his primary teeth will be in

A Drew Aitch

Apr 22, 11:29am

He should have had his 6 year molars by now. Not super common to not have them

SuperTank

Apr 22, 11:31am

Yeah. My kids are way late on losing teeth. It's embarrassing when they lose

rcbyufan

Apr 22, 12:00pm

There are lots of reasons. Baby teeth are important and if left untreated can

A Drew Aitch

Apr 22, 11:24am

FTR, I am not calling this a scam or anything. I know the are legitimate reasons

rcbyufan

Apr 22, 11:30am

If he’s nine with lots of perm teeth than you may be able to get away with

A Drew Aitch

Apr 22, 11:34am

This was helpful. I'm inclined to move forward now. He's going to have these

rcbyufan

Apr 22, 12:14pm

Kids eats too much sugar and doesn't brush his teeth very well

thewaterboy

Apr 22, 11:27am

I just pulled an abscessed baby tooth this morning

hpcougar

Apr 22, 11:29am

Hey, me too

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