Teeth extraction

[leidymtz]

My son had his 4 front teeth removed. According to his dentist that was the only way to stop his cavities. Now that I am reading more I think that his case was not severe and they could do something for his teeth. They are the professionals and I trusted them but it breaks my heart see my 3 year old without his teeth. Can someone advise if a pediatric partial is an option.

I adding a picture of his teeth before the extraction

 

[Dr M]

Did the dentist take any small x-rays to determine the extent of the decay? If the decay was not too severe, these teeth could have been saved

 

[leidymtz]

Yes, they did. They did the X-rays the same day he had the procedure that initially was for fillings but then I was informed that an extraction was needed because two of the cavities were close to his nerves. They had to remove the 4.