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In reply to the discussion: What three year old needs four root canals? Dentist should be charged with murder. [View all]cags
(1,914 posts)28. Genetics plays a large role, my oldest daughter never had a cavity until she was 15...
and as a young mother she had way more junk than she should have had. My second daughter who never had the junk, had very thin enamel on her baby teeth. Her baby teeth were plagued with cavities and she did need a crown at one point when she was 5 years old.
Her permanent teeth are different thank goodness. Except for the fact that she was missing a permanent tooth and is undergoing orthodontic treatment to move some permanent teeth to compensate, her teeth are healthy.
So hold the judgments a bit as you never know the genetics involved.
Obviously coke in a baby bottle is totally judge worthy though...lol
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What three year old needs four root canals? Dentist should be charged with murder. [View all]
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2014
OP
I know someone whose son had 3 root canals by the time he was 5 years old--because she let him drink
tblue37
Jan 2014
#13
I had a relative who gave his baby coca-cola in a baby bottle at the age of two.
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2014
#14
Genetics plays a large role, my oldest daughter never had a cavity until she was 15...
cags
Jan 2014
#28
Without a certified anesthesiologist present, no dental office should sedate a
mfcorey1
Jan 2014
#47