As is known to all, dental filling should be sought to fix tooth cavities in a timely manner in order to prevent bigger problems down the road. However, many parents share the concern whether or not it will impact the growth of permanent teeth if they seek filling for their children’s decayed milk teeth. 

    According to dentists from AKJ Dental Hospital, it’s of great necessity to fill tooth cavities for children in time, which won’t lay adverse impact on the growth of their permanent teeth. 

    If left untreated, dental caries will continue to progress and go from bad to worse over time, spreading from enamel to dentin and further to pulp chamber. Ultimately it may develop into pulpitis, apicitis, periapical abscess and even tooth loss. In particular when there is caries of deciduous teeth, it will progress more quickly. Therefore, it’s not filling of milk teeth but no timely filling of them that will impact the subsequent eruption of permanent teeth. 

    If the deciduous tooth cavities go deep enough to reach root apex, it may to a degree exert an impact on the unerupted permanent teeth beneath the decayed milk ones, leading to the maldevelopment of permanent teeth such as Turner tooth. That’s why it’s essential to have cavities filled for children as soon as possible. The earlier you seek dental filling, the less lesions the teeth will confront and the better the mastication and aesthetics of the teeth will be preserved. 

    Dental filling refers to removing eroded tissues and replacing them with relative filling materials, with a view to restore both the contour and function of the teeth. Additionally, the filling materials will be safe to human body, doing no harm to dental health and the growth of permanent teeth. So you can rest assured and seek timely filling procedure for your children if they are suffering from dental caries.  Relevant article: Dental Filling for Children

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