Girl dies after getting dental treatment

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: halik
how does a 5 year old get 2 cavities?

Yeah, that is kind of crazy. I'm 24, still no cavities. Guess it was in part from my grandmother - she was always big on making sure you take care of your teeth. Once your permanent teeth come in, that's it, you're stuck with them for life.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: AnitaPeterson
questions:

1) how come a 5 year-old gets cavities and needs a CAP?
2) what's the point in treating these cavities, since she'll lose these "milk teeth" in a year or so?
3) what kind of names are those? Methinks we're talking about poor, uneducated people... which means they might have exposed the child to other substances/risk factors as well, which may explain the fatality....

There was a report about dentist capping kids teeth instead of pulling them because the state paid very litte per tooth pulled and a lot per tooth capped.