Pediatric Dentistry of East Lansing
Pediatric Dentistry of East Lansing
We at the practice of Pediatric Dentistry of East Lansing are capable of providing a comprehensive selection of general treatment services for your children in order to help them maintain healthy smiles for the rest of their lives. As your provider of kids dentistry in East Lansing, we offer a wide range of treatments and services, from basic dental exams and cleanings to preventative measures, such as sealants and fluoride application. We’re even glad to help with patient education so that children and their parents understand how to most effectively keep a child’s oral hygiene at an optimal level. Some of the East Lansing dentistry treatments that we offer include the following.
Fillings are recommended by our doctors when decay and tooth fractures are small enough to uphold forces from chewing. Our doctors only use cosmetic, tooth-colored materials to best match your child’s natural tooth. Our filling materials are silver-free, mercury-free, and BPA-free.
Also known as a “cap”, is recommended by our doctors when decay or fractures are too large to withstand forces from chewing. Once decay is removed, the crown will be cemented over your child’s remaining tooth structure allowing the tooth to hold space for proper growth and development. Our doctors use mercury-free silver crowns on the back teeth and cosmetic, tooth-colored crowns on front teeth. OR Our doctors use multiple types of crowns, and depending on your child’s needs we’ll evaluate the most appropriate crown.
A pulpotomy is completed when a cavity involves, or extends to, the nerve of the tooth. Your child may experience pain and sensitivity when the cavity has extended to this area. This procedure involves removing the infected part of the nerve and replacing it with a medicament. A crown is placed over the tooth to keep the remaining tooth structurally stable.
Extraction, or tooth removal, is necessary when a cavity has progressed to the stage of infection, or is recommended for orthodontic (spacial) purposes.
Space maintenance may be necessary if a baby tooth is lost prematurely. The space maintainer holds the space necessary for the future eruption of the permanent dentition. Without a space maintainer, the area needed for the permanent tooth to erupt may be reduced by the eruption of neighboring adult teeth.
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