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Originally Posted by 34saving
Sorry. I must have forgotten what message board I was posting on.
I have no idea what this means.
Many kids with cleft lips/palate have really really messed up teeth. (Teeth that come in sideways or through the palate or split in two, etc.)
Yes, I am aware of the effects of cleft palate and cleft lip.
Anyway, most of these kids need extensive dental work, but they pretty much save it for their permanent teeth.
I am not saying that this is the incorrect thing to do in your situation because I am not an expert in cleft lip/palate - nowhere near! 
My point is not that things should be ignored, but that some things might not need treatment (or the same treatment)since the teeth are baby teeth.
Perhaps you're correct. I agree that the OP should get a second opinion unless their is obvious decay or damage (which many children have from either disease or circumstance).
It's just something to consider. |
I seriously have no idea why you would respond to my post in what seems to me to be a somewhat defensive way. My post was in response to the statement that one of the doctor's made. You stated that he/she said, 'Baby teeth are there to teach them how to brush." I am reading this as "Don't worry about your child's "baby teeth" because their only purpose is to "teach them to brush". Maybe you read something different into it, but since you followed up that statement with "The point being, are all of the procedures necessary? (Could some cavities be left? Could a tooth be pulled instead of crowned?)", I think you took the doctor's statement the same way I did...AND IT IS WRONG!
I was not attacking you. I am trying to educate as many people as I can about the importance of children's oral health. Hopefully others took my post as such and it will be of help to them.