A Mother's Regret: How One Small Cavity Nearly Cost Her Son His Front Teeth – A Dental Story from the United States

Sarah Thompson, a 34-year-old mother from Columbus, Ohio, thought her six-year-old son Ethan's baby teeth would eventually fall out on their own. Like many parents, she believed that small cavities in baby teeth were nothing to worry about.
At first, Ethan complained only occasionally when drinking cold milk or eating ice cream. Sarah assumed his teeth were simply sensitive.
Everything changed one Saturday morning.















