
If you are like many parents, you may not have known that children may get stainless steel crowns until your dentist recommends it for your child. If your pediatric dentist Miami has recommended that your child have stainless steel crowns, you may be wondering what they are and why your child needs it.
Firstly, stainless steel crowns are tooth shaped crowns or caps that are placed over the entire tooth and are commonly used in pediatric dental care to help preserve milk teeth or baby teeth that have otherwise become damaged due to decay. Upon hearing this, you might wonder why baby teeth should be preserved since they are going to fall out anyway. It is important that although these milk teeth will fall out anyway, they shouldn’t fall out prematurely. Losing baby teeth prematurely can lead to different problems that may affect your child’s permanent teeth.