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How To Treat Decayed Tooth?

i just wanted to as about a dental problem
its conserning a 10 years old girl her upper fourth decidious tooth from midline is badly decayed and a chronic infection and a sinus develoved over the tooth on the gingiva next to it , the chronic state has been for as ong as 1 year , should she extract this tooth or restor it with any dental material to preserve it till the permenant successor appear
Wed, 28 May 2014
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Hello:)Welcome to HCM.

You are referring to a deciduous molar which has a abscess.
I do not know if you got the x-rays done and checked with your dentist.

The successor premolar erupts at the age of 13-14 years,nearly 3 years from now.It is ideal to do a root canal treatment to save the space for successor tooth.

However, if or not a root canal can be done can be decided only after clinical and x-ray interpretation.

I suggest you to consult your dentist and treatment done.Do not postpone or the infection will spread.

Regards.
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How To Treat Decayed Tooth?

Hello:)Welcome to HCM. You are referring to a deciduous molar which has a abscess. I do not know if you got the x-rays done and checked with your dentist. The successor premolar erupts at the age of 13-14 years,nearly 3 years from now.It is ideal to do a root canal treatment to save the space for successor tooth. However, if or not a root canal can be done can be decided only after clinical and x-ray interpretation. I suggest you to consult your dentist and treatment done.Do not postpone or the infection will spread. Regards.