re: OT Dentists: Question on Kids' Fillings

Not a dentist, but I wouldn't sweat putting a silver cap on a boy's tooth, unless it was right up front. I had one on a first molar when I was little and everyone thought it was cool.

Different story for a little girl, though. Dentist wanted to cap all four of my daughter's first molars (in a hospital under general anesthesia) b/c she had multiple (superficial) cavities on two of them (she was 4 at the time). We switched dentists, had them filled, and haven't had any problems.

I do wish they would be willing to do silver fillings on molars, though.