<human>: i just wanted to as about a dental problemits conserning a 10 years old girl her upper fourth decidious tooth from midline is badly decayed and a chronic infection and a sinus develoved over the tooth on the gingiva next to it , the chronic state has been for as ong as 1 year , should she extract this tooth or restor it with any dental material to preserve it till the permenant successor appear
<bot>: Hello:)Welcome to Chat Doctor. You are referring to a deciduous molar which has an abscess. I do not know if you got the x-rays done and checked with your dentist. The successor premolar erupts at the age of 13-14 years, nearly 3 years from now. It is ideal to do a root canal treatment to save the space for successor tooth. However, whether or not a root canal can be done can be decided only after clinical and x-ray interpretation. I suggest you to consult your dentist and treatment done. Do not postpone, or the infection will spread. Regards.