{"id":413,"date":"2016-01-23T18:39:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T01:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peckfamilydentistry.com\/blog\/?p=413"},"modified":"2016-01-23T18:39:42","modified_gmt":"2016-01-24T01:39:42","slug":"does-a-child-really-need-a-filling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peckfamilydentistry.com\/blog\/does-a-child-really-need-a-filling\/","title":{"rendered":"Does a child really need a filling?"},"content":{"rendered":"

My four year old has a cavity. The dentist wants to fill it. Why, when he’s just going to lose it anyway?<\/p>\n

Becky K. – Texax<\/p>\n

Becky,<\/p>\n

Much of that will depend on the type of tooth. If the cavity is small and on a tooth that is already quite loose then, yes, let nature take it’s course. But, if it is a tooth that’s going to be there for a while, especially one like a molar, than your pediatric dentist<\/a> is right and it does need to be filled.<\/p>\n

The cavity will spread and then become an abscess. IT might seem scary to give your four year old a filling, but that will be much less traumatic and painful than waiting until infection is set in and then he needs a pulpotomy.<\/p>\n

If it is a molar and he ends up losing it, make sure your dentist puts a space maintainer there so his teeth don’t shift.<\/p>\n

This blog is brought to you by Phoenix Dentists<\/a> Drs. Kevin and Hillary Peck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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