Top 6 reasons to bring your child to see the dentist before its too late.

Top 6 reasons to bring your child to see the dentist before its too late.

My childs teeth are going to fall out anyways why should we treat the cavity?

First of all an infection is an infection. I don't care where the infection is on your body . Just because you can not see a stomach or bladder infection does that make the infection any less threatening? When your child is walking around with cavities he/she can develop infections if that cavity remains untreated. Why risk it? Here are a list of ways this can affect your child in the long run


  1. Infections can affect/stunt the child's growth and development. 
  2.  If the tooth has to be extracted or a large portion of the teeth has been decayed the child will tend to have more severe crowding due to inability of the baby tooth to hold the space. This means more expensive orthodontics and less ideal orthodontics in the future. 
  3. If the infection reaches the lower tooth bud it can prevent the lower adult teeth from ever erupting into the mouth. This means more surgeries for your child and more problems that can arise. 
  4. Children also tend to have lower self esteem because they know their teeth are ugly or missing. Their peers will constantly state that they have bad breath.
  5.  Patients with cavities as a child are many times more likely to have cavities early with their permanent teeth. Then we are talking about having your child wear a denture since kids can not get any implants until about 21 years of age. 
  6. Untreated dental infections can cause death in extreme circumstances. 
Another pro tip: We recommend bringing your child first to the dental appointment just as a routine checkup. Even if we diagnose a problem we tend to have the child come back the second time for the procedure. This allows your child to develop a trust in us and prevents the child from having to experience traumatic dental appointments.  If every time you go to the dentist, you have your teeth taken out or drilled into you would never want to come see us either.

Lastly, It's your child! They deserve the best.

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