Pediatric endodontics

Pediatric endodontics is root canal therapy or devitalization of milk teeth. Caries  are a risk every time
the pulp of the tooth or a trauma causes necrosis (ie the death of the cells of the dental nerve.) In these cases, the tooth generally appears darker, usually tending to gray).

When possible, ie when the caries have not completely contaminated the dental pulp, the devitalization of the deciduous tooth is partially practiced, using pulpotomy, a faster technique that, if applied correctly, can give the same results of a complete canal therapy.

It is really wrong to think that, "if the tooth has to be devitalized, it is worth extracting it" ... a reflection common to many, just as it is unacceptable that a baby tooth with abscesses with or without fistulosis is left in the mouth of the child, without any care other than maintaining the open pulp chamber (open tooth). This advice, sometimes unfortunately awkwardly suggested to mothers by some dentists, creates a condition of permanent infection of the bone surrounding the tooth, which under certain conditions may evolve into widespread systemic infections.

A baby tooth affected by penetrating caries must be cured, and should never be left open to possible complications that may result.
The milk tooth performs many functions, from the psycho-social, to maintaining the correct space for the permanent tooth, and its stay in the mouth, even if devitalized, ensures dental health and prevents the child from the unpleasant experience of extraction.

The exchange of milk teeth must be a natural phenomenon, in which no one has to intervene outside the biological rhythms of nature.