Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ?  Please type your query here... My 6 year olds dentist said that my son needs a baby root canal and a silver cap on his back molar.  He was just at the dentist 6 months ago and nothing was seen.  Could his tooth really have rotted that badly in 6 months?
Hi. Welcome to Chat Doctor . I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns. As per your complaint a healthy tooth generally does not get decayed within a period of 6 months to the level that it needs a root canal treatment and the possibility is that the decay might have been missed to be detected in his last dental checkup and the decay kept on progressing that has finally involved the nerves. At times if the oral hygiene maintenance is very poor then the tooth can even decay in a period of 6 months.However, if there is such an excessive decay then Lumpectomy or Root Canal treatment is the only option left. I would also suggest you to get an x-ray of the tooth in question done and send me by asking a question by clicking on\"Ask me a question button\" on my profile page so that I can tell you by looking at the x-ray that whether root canal treatment is required or not. Hope this information helps. Thanks and regards. Chat Doctor.