Re: pulpotomy alternatives?

• Subject: Re: pulpotomy alternatives?
• Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:48:41 -0000
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They said they could try a composite but it probably wouldn't be
successful, because once you do a pulpotomy the tooth becomes very
brittle like an eggshell and a composite is not strong enough to
hold it together, and could even damage the tooth more.
Thank you for your reply.

--- In Autism-Mercury@yahoogroups.com, Dan & Ruth Setlak <dan-ruth-
setlak> wrote:

My son had a pulpotomy and they put in the composite . It's a

baby

tooth. I'm not sure why they would put in a crown. He had two

teeth

that needed a pulpotomy. One they were able to do a composite
filling, the other they pulled because it got infected. They

were

going to put in a spacer, but it was not going to be metal. (I

think

it was a very hard plastic> But, they did x-rays when they pulled

it

and apparently they felt it the permanent tooth would be in within

a

month, and it would be OK without. My son is 9, though, so maybe
that makes a difference. How long are they saying a composite
filling would last?

Ruth
On Jul 25, 2008, at 6:11 PM, elizascha wrote:

Does anybody know of any alternatives to pulpotomy? My 6 year-old
autistic boy needs one because of a deep cavity in a baby molar.

Is

there a way to fix it without putting that formocresol in there

for a

few weeks and then putting a stainless steel crown that probably
contains nickel, cadmium and lead? I doubt I could get the

dentist to

agree to pull it, and even if he did, there'd have to be a metal
spacing appliance put in (which would most likely contain nickel,
cadmium, lead - like braces). A white composite filling wouldn't

be

strong enough. They said they only will do stainless steel

crowns on

baby teeth. Does anyone know of any brands of stainless crowns

that

are nickel, cadmium & lead-free?
Thanks,
Elizabeth

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