Comments on: Cavaties? How many is to many? http://www.benefitshealthcenter.com/cavaties-how-many-is-to-many-6476.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:09:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: M U http://www.benefitshealthcenter.com/cavaties-how-many-is-to-many-6476.html#comment-31233 M U Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:31:13 +0000 http://www.benefitshealthcenter.com/cavaties-how-many-is-to-many-6476.html#comment-31233 The previous answer is nonsense. Dentists do not cause cavities. Of course, one dentist might find cavities that another one overlooked. Or, one dentist might decide that a particular cavity is too small to bother to fill, while another one might decide to do the filling. But the dentist doesn't make the cavity. Tooth decay makes the cavity. Now, about your daughter. I think that seven cavities is a lot in a 4 year old. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that she is getting inadequate care from her mother. (If anything, it might mean she is getting too many sweets to eat.) I would mention it to the guardian at litem, but bring it up in the context of having the guardian ad litem monitor her medical and dental check-up records. How often is your daughter being seen for well-care visits to the doctor and dental examinations? The number of cavities does not prove anything, but the overall medical records might. The previous answer is nonsense. Dentists do not cause cavities. Of course, one dentist might find cavities that another one overlooked. Or, one dentist might decide that a particular cavity is too small to bother to fill, while another one might decide to do the filling. But the dentist doesn’t make the cavity. Tooth decay makes the cavity.

Now, about your daughter. I think that seven cavities is a lot in a 4 year old. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that she is getting inadequate care from her mother. (If anything, it might mean she is getting too many sweets to eat.) I would mention it to the guardian at litem, but bring it up in the context of having the guardian ad litem monitor her medical and dental check-up records. How often is your daughter being seen for well-care visits to the doctor and dental examinations? The number of cavities does not prove anything, but the overall medical records might.

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