Dental work on baby teeth

Hey,
I wanted to see where any of you all stand on this subject. I am
constantly wavering back and forth on whether to believe a dentist
telling me my kids need work on their baby teeth. Whenever they go to
their 6mth cleaning, and the dentist comes in, there is always some
*borderline cavities* going on in their mouths. Then I usually am
shuffled into the *contract* room, for the list of work to be done,
the amounts I will need to pay, and the appts. I have to set up.

I am the type to be intimidated at a dental (or medical) office. The
last thing I want to do is look like I would rather risk root-canals/
extractions than get these fillings done. But of course it is not as
simple as just a couple fillings. There is drilling and shots,
crying, anxiety, time, etc.

The last straw came a week ago, when my daughter lost a filling on a
baby tooth. It was one that was put in 2 years ago for a *borderline*
cavity. Well once the filling came out, there was the hole that they
drilled to put the filling stuff in. She started having pain a few
days later, while I was trying to get her in to the dental office.
Now it looks like she will be needing an extraction and is taking
antibiotics for the infection in her tooth.

I am wondering if I had just left the tooth alone in the first place,
there would have been no hole where they drilled to cause the
infection now leading to the extraction.

Plus, what the heck is a filling doing coming out 2 years later?
Eventually these baby teeth will fallout anyway, so what is too much
when it comes to treating them?

Vickie

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