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Is this normal practice?

  • 30-05-2011 6:01pm
    #1
    DentistryIssue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    My 6 year old child was today prescribed antibiotics for a hole in his tooth even though it is not to be filled until July. I was just wondering is this normal practice?


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  • #2
    Oral Surgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Oral Surgeon


    DentistryIssue wrote: »
    My 6 year old child was today prescribed antibiotics for a hole in his tooth even though it is not to be filled until July. I was just wondering is this normal practice?

    Antibiotics should only be given if the tooth is very tender to bite on or there is a swelling in or outside the mouth that indicates infection...
    If this was indeed the case- the tooth can not be saved with a simple filling... It either needs an extraction or a kiddie root canal called a pulpotomy...

    That said, some dentists give antibiotis for simple toothaches to prevent infection!! Then it might respond to a filling!!

    Hard to say.... Why the wait until July??


  • #3
    ovalu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 101 ✭✭ovalu


    DentistryIssue wrote: »
    My 6 year old child was today prescribed antibiotics for a hole in his tooth even though it is not to be filled until July. I was just wondering is this normal practice?


    You may want to do a diet analysis to determine the cause of the tooth decay


  • #4
    Big_G
    Moderators Posts: 1,589 ✭✭✭Big_G


    Ovalu, do you think there is another way you could word that statement so as not to be quite as inflammatory?


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