Do decayed teeth need to be filled?

Many people will be advised by dentists after seeing the dentist that damaged teeth should be repaired in a timely manner. Even when people don't feel any toothache, they will have an idea: do cavities that don't hurt need to be filled? Tooth decay is caused by not paying attention to oral problems for a long time. Many children eat sweets without restraint and do not clean their mouths in time after eating, which will cause tooth damage. Therefore, if you find problems with your teeth, you must repair them in time.

1. Do children with cavities at six weeks old need to have their teeth filled?

If a six-year-old child has tooth decay, it is recommended that parents take the child to the dental department for a check-up. If the decayed teeth have already been sent to the dentist and there are signs of permanent teeth erupting, they can be directly extracted. If it is the back teeth, it is still early to replace the teeth and you can consider filling treatment, which will not affect the eruption of permanent teeth.

If tooth decay occurs in the early stages and only the surface of the tooth is affected, the treatment is simple and easy, and a permanent filling can be made at one time. If it affects the deeper layers of the tooth, the treatment will be divided into 2 to 3 times for soothing treatment, that is, temporary filling with materials that have little stimulation to the pulp and have analgesic, soothing and antiseptic effects. When the symptoms disappear, the permanent filling material will be replaced.

It is very important to go to the hospital for regular check-ups, as some early caries occur in hidden areas. By the time you discover tooth decay or your child has toothache, the lesions are already very advanced.

2. Do children’s dental caries need treatment?

Children's tooth decay certainly needs treatment. Many parents believe that children's deciduous teeth will be replaced anyway if they are rotten, and that rotten teeth will fall out naturally without special treatment. This is a very wrong idea. If young children's tooth decay is not treated in time, the tooth decay will only become more and more serious, and it can easily affect the development and eruption of permanent teeth.

Dental caries, commonly known as "cavities", is one of the diseases that young children are very likely to get. The incidence of dental caries in deciduous teeth is as high as over 80%. It is difficult to detect tooth decay in young children in the early stages and is easily ignored by parents, causing the rotten teeth to become deeper and larger. When the child's teeth become sour and he feels toothache when eating, caries has already invaded the dental pulp and damaged the dental nerve. The child will feel toothache and even "facial swelling". At this time, root treatment becomes very complicated.

If tooth decay in children can be discovered early, treatment only requires removing the decayed matter in the "rotten tooth hole" and filling it with appropriate materials.

So do six-week-old children need to have their cavities filled? If a six-week-old child has cavities in his or her deciduous teeth, parents can take the child to a dental hospital for local treatment to avoid affecting the future dental health. If the cavities are more serious, even gingivitis, periodontitis and other diseases may occur, so the best way is to take the baby to the hospital for a comprehensive examination.