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Posts for Tag: children’s dentistry

Discolored Baby Teeth

My four year old son had a bike accident. He hit his mouth but the teeth seemed fine. Now, they’re starting to turn dark. Is there anything I can do to get them back to their pretty, white color? Does teeth whitening work on children? Stephanie Dear Stephanie, I’m glad you wrote. I can tell […]

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Daughter’s Bonding Looks Terrible

I hope you can help me and my daughter. She just turned twelve and had a nasty fall on her bike. It damaged her two front teeth. The center is pretty well gone and the teeth just look like a frame around an empty hole. Her pediatric dentist suggested we do composite bonding to fill […]

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Dental Flipper for Toddlers?

Can you help me? I am not sure what to do for my son. He is 3 years old and have to have his two front teeth removed because of an accident. I was, and still am, very worried about his teeth shifting. He’s already been without them for a few months. I mentioned getting […]

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Why Would I Child Need a Pulpotomy?

My six-year-old has a deep cavity that turned into an infection on his back teeth. My pediatric dentist wants to do a pulpotomy on it. I think that is completely unnecessary. Those baby teeth are going to fall out anyway. What’s the point except to add to my bill and line his pocket? Monica Dear […]

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I Have Adult and Baby Teeth

I’ve only been to a dentist once in my life. I have both baby teeth (Lots of them) and adult teeth (all of them) in my mouth at the same time because most of my baby teeth didn’t come out but the adult teeth came in. It looks really weird because I am 15 years […]

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