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Originally Posted by ShaniFaye
they were putting caps on a FIVE year old?
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Absolutely.
My niece, who is all of six, went into surgery last Wednesday where the dentist capped nearly all her back teeth....in silver. They put her under anesthesia to cap them, slap in spacers and clean her front teeth. My sister said it took all of 30 minutes and she was second in a group of five kids undergoing the procedure that day.
When she told me that, I was floored. I'm 27 years old and had a number of procedures done; the most I've ever gotten was some nitrous. And I didn't have any semi-serious surgery until the permanent teeth kicked in. Until then it was "We'll keep an eye on it" or "We're just going to yank it out."
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I don't have any kids and I don't take my sister's kids to the doctor, but if I did, I would certainly be back there. Not that I would know what to look for; just to be around.