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Suggest Treatment For Tooth Sensitivity In A 2 Year Old

i have a daughter who is 2yrs 8 months old.from past 1 month she is having pain when having old or hot stuff in her teeths. we took her to the dentest who told us 3 of her front teeth have a cavatity & need to go through root canal treatment.we got her checked from 2 other dentest. problem is each one is have a diff procedure. first dentest told us that it will take 20 - 30 minities & only injection to be given on the teeth nerves, secount doc said root canal not reqd will just do it like that third doc says we will need to treat her at rainbow hospital where they will give anasthesia. just confused what to do & were to go. if u can suggest something to us ?
Thu, 24 Nov 2016
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Hi..
Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..

I have gone through your query and can understand your concern....

As per your complain in case if there is pain in teeth on taking both hot and cold foods then it is most probably due to deep infection or decay in teeth and will need Root Canal Treatment..

Yes, it is true that for Root Canal Treatment, the dentist has to give anaesthesia but it is a local anaesthesia and only the area of the treatment is made numb in this case..

If you are asked to go to Rainbow hospital for getting anaesthesia then it is possible that he wants to do the treatment in general anaesthesia to make your child sleep..
Although nothing is wrong in even that as toddlers are anxious and will not co-operate in treatment, so general anaesthesia eases the treatment procedure..

But my suggestion is to consult a Paediatric dentist or Pedodontist and get evaluated and first you should get an attempt to get the treatment done in local anaesthesia or conscious sedation..
In case if the child does not co-operate at all then only proceed to General Anaesthesia..

Hope this information helps..

Thanks and regards..
Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora..
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Suggest Treatment For Tooth Sensitivity In A 2 Year Old

Hi.. Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC.. I have gone through your query and can understand your concern.... As per your complain in case if there is pain in teeth on taking both hot and cold foods then it is most probably due to deep infection or decay in teeth and will need Root Canal Treatment.. Yes, it is true that for Root Canal Treatment, the dentist has to give anaesthesia but it is a local anaesthesia and only the area of the treatment is made numb in this case.. If you are asked to go to Rainbow hospital for getting anaesthesia then it is possible that he wants to do the treatment in general anaesthesia to make your child sleep.. Although nothing is wrong in even that as toddlers are anxious and will not co-operate in treatment, so general anaesthesia eases the treatment procedure.. But my suggestion is to consult a Paediatric dentist or Pedodontist and get evaluated and first you should get an attempt to get the treatment done in local anaesthesia or conscious sedation.. In case if the child does not co-operate at all then only proceed to General Anaesthesia.. Hope this information helps.. Thanks and regards.. Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora..