Can a One Year Old Child Get Sliver Caps on Their Teeth?

This is really a question for a dentist, not a parenting site. We have no idea.

Why would you want to anyway?

well, i'm sure it's doable.
why do you want her to?
if she's got cavities, a good dentist will take appropriate action, which may or may not involve silver fillings.
if this is a fashion thing, i hope no dentist will talk to you.
khairete
S.

A dentist may recommend caps for children whose teeth are showing a high rate of decay. It can happen to very young children. But it's not something you would really "request"...just ask your dentist to let you know if your daughter needs caps.

ETA: If you are asking about getting your one-year-old daughter a "grill", removeable silver tooth jewelry often worn by hip-hop musicians, you would need to ask your dentist, but I'm guessing that grills are probably not considered to be safe for babies or children.

Why?
Just ask your dentist if you want to know.

A one year old? Really? I've never heard of a one year old needing fillings. I'm assuming you mean " silver" caps that you mean a filling. If she has a cavity? Idk.. you haven't given enough info..

Call a pediatric dentist.

I will tell you what my dentist told me when my son looked like he needed a "baby root canal and crown" aka a silver cap to cover the horribly decayed tooth. He was 4 years old.

Being that the tooth was a baby tooth and root canals only work 50% of the time. It would be cheaper to pull the tooth and get a spacer (a metal piece they glue into place that holds the spot for the adult tooth to grow into over the next few years).

He told me it would be half the price and would still have to be done anyways if the baby root canal failed.

It turned out when he got in there to really look at the tooth he was able to fill it instead of having to pull it....not quite enough decay for that root canal or extraction. Whew!

I always question when kids so young 1 year old have to have caps put on...I have heard of unscrupulous dentists milking Medicaid and giving a root canal and cap to every tooth in a child's mouth and they don't even need it.

Get a second opinion before you have the work done. Good luck!!

Does she have significant decay? When you say "silver", what do you mean?

Are you talking about a decorative sort of treatment? If so, why? Those are baby teeth and she is growing.

Have you already had a conversation with a pediatric dentist? What was the outcome of that.

There's just not enough info here on what you are looking for - please edit your question to provide more background.

I have no idea.
If there's a medical reason for it and a dentist recommended it, then maybe but I wouldn't want all those pretty baby teeth covered up with silver.

What does her dentist say? Why would you want to cap teeth. At 1, there should not be decay. If you want to cap teeth for cosmetic reasons, these are baby teeth. Her mouth will get larger as she grows. My opinion is don't do it unless a dentist has said caps are needed.

Why would you cap a 1 yr old's teeth? What does her pediatric dentist say? Have you also consulted your pedi to find out why her teeth are so decayed this early?

I'm sure you can find a dentist who may do this for you but I'd question his ethical and moral standards for such an invasive procedure for a 1 yr old child.

Unfortunately yes. If you see a black hole in the tooth, you should take your child in right away. Usually cavities are seen through x.ray but my cousin who is a dentist, said if it is visible, then take them in and they may need a little root canal and a cap. good luck. there are questionable dentists out there, so be sure it is a highly recommended pediatric dentist.

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Most pediatric dentists will usually only do white on the front teeth and silver on the back, they are stronger for chewing. They figure kids get teased enough and why would anyone give those jerks fodder. SO they almost always use white where the child's smile shows.

If you don't have a pediatric dentist that specifically deals with infant, toddler, preschool age, and up through elementary school age kids teeth then please consider calling your insurance provider and ask them for a list of pediatric dentists in your area that take your insurance.

It's like night and day.

For instance, our girl fell and broke her front top tooth when she was about 3 years old. We found our pediatric dentist through that incident. He put her to sleep in the hospital outpatient surgery and did a root canal on her tooth. She was awake and ready to go out to eat. That root canal tooth looked exactly like every other tooth and it lasted until it fell out right on time.

I think if your child has cavities that you just need to have the work done and get it over with.

My BFF has a daughter nearly the same age. She went to her family dentist and he filled her front tooth and when it fell out he filled it again. Then when that fell out he said it had to be pulled. So they pulled her front tooth instead of doing what a pediatric dentist would do which is save the tooth.

That's a family dentist versus a pediatric dentist is like.

You need another opinion.