Crown on baby tooth

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Has anyone had to get a crown on their childs baby tooth?
I'm mortified to find out today that my son needs one. I've never seen a child with (what I assume will be) a metal crown before? Is there an option to pay for a white one?

A white crown is very fiddly to do, and on a child whose tooth is going to fall out soon, unnecessary. Also the metal crowns used for baby teeth are relatively soft so are much more gentle in little mouths.
More importantly than the cosmetics of the crown is addressing the reasons why it is needed in the first place. If it’s an accident, or decay. You will need to look at future preventive measures

I assume dc will get put to sleep for it? I may be in the same boat with dc at next dental appointment so wondering how it would work with a child? Surely they are too young to stay still?

Not at all. I've placed one on a three year old. Metal crowns do not need an injection . Even so I have also taken teeth out on a three year lfd with an injection but this is unusual.

As a previous poster has said we do not put white crown on baby teeth as that is much more invasive and destructive.

Also as previous poster has said it is most important to address the diet issues that will have caused the decay/damage. Eating or drinking anything sweet or sugary more than three times a day will cause decay , even if it's just a sip or a bite and teeth are brushed afterwards . So you can eat and drink what you like at breakfast , lunch and dinner but inbetween meals no sugar. That's not just sweets,biscuits, cake but smoothies, fruit juice, raisins, yoghurt, granola bars , starchy food like crisps etc. Be especially careful just before bed as even brushing teeth afterwards doesn't protect and the acid from the sugars stays on the teeth overnight.

Absolutely cutting back on the sugar/smoothies etc, I feel awful

My daughter has a cavity and two other molars that have discoloration and at risk of cavities. They are watching and monitoring the cavity. The private dentist she's under will do the crown if needed as the least invasive option for to treat the cavity. From my reading they are only suitable for the back teeth as it won't be super obvious even in metal. There are lots of cute names for them online. The NHS dentist we see won't do the crown if she under 5 so we will have to go private or have the tooth removed.

There is so much guilt from harming their little teeth but they are just so fragile. We have a strict diet and teeth cleaning routine. Her damage is caused by severe silent reflux that doesn't respond that well to treatment. On bad nights she grinds the reflux into her teeth and we have to wake her up to stop it. She has extra toothpaste rubbed on to her molars when she gets into bed to try to protect them from her reflux a bit more.
Be gentle with yourself, what is most important is what you do next and not what was done before. Get advice from the dentist about what is the best toothpaste for your child too. We have a specialist adult toothpaste which our dentist recommended due to her risk factors

Thank you. I fully admit he has had too much sugar, and looking back getting him to eat lots of fruit and drink smoothies to get vitamins in him probably hasn't helped 🙈
He brushes twice a day, him doing one time and me the other to make sure it's done properly (so I thought!) Clearly that wasn't the right approach. Anyway lessons learned now 😏 unfortunately it's the first molar so quite close to the front of his mouth

Please don’t worry about how it looks! What’s important is that you learn the lessons about sugar frequency. Keep sugar to mealtimes only. Anything inbetween needs to be sugar free, that includes drinks. It won’t be easy as he’s already used sugary food. But with patience there’s no reason for him to have these problems going forward to his adult teeth

I didn't know a white one would be more traumatic on his tooth and to fit, so that's obviously out of the question. But he's actually been really good with wanting to stay away from sugar now, so fingers crossed it continues!

Adults should be brushing their kids teeth till at least 8 yo if possible . You letting him brush once while you do the other probably means they've only been being cleaned once a day.