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From a medical perspective, how necessary is it to fill cavities in baby teeth (including molars) in a 5-yr-old? note that it may require sedation.
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Urgent : Either you fill them or u pull them for the teeth can infect the blood stream the heart or other organs.
Answered 5/26/2014
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Choices: Fix the cavities and have a healthy child, extract the baby teeth and prepare for years of Orthodontic treatment, or don't treat the decay. Untreated decay (infection) can damage underlying permanent teeth and infection can spread through blood stream and damage other organ systems. If teeth become abscessed your child's pain can be unbearable. Not treating the infections (decay) is child abuse
Answered 7/3/2017
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