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My 7 year old nephew has an abscess tooth towards the back molars, a dentist wants to pull it and then do a root canal, this doesn't seem right. Any advice? My daughter had oral surgery today to correct mesiodens, I mentioned this to the surgeon and she disagreed with a root canal... Help!!! Please!!!
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An abscess is indicative of an infection. Root canal therapy is usually the treatment of choice. Unless the tooth is unrestorable, only then is the tooth extracted. A seven year old with an abscess in one of his molars, should ideally be root-canalled, not extracted, unless the dentist has some other reasons for the same. Please do have a radiograph taken of the same and take a second opinion from a pediatric dentist. Back to All Questions

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