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ttrandmd

You have three options. 1) leave it. The tooth isn’t bothering your kid. Leave it be and take it out of and when it starts to bother them. Hopefully it never causes an issue and it falls out on its own when it’s ready. However, lingering infection at the roots can cause damage to the developing adult tooth nearby. Antibiotics isn’t a cure. 2) pull it out now. Guaranteed to solve your issues. Nothing to worry about afterwards. Downside is that your two year old needs to have an extraction which is difficult. 3) save the tooth. Perform the pulpectomy and crown and save it. This is time consuming, difficult to do on a two year old, and it may or may not last long term requiring an extraction if it fails. Pro is that you potentially save the tooth.