Parental perceptions of the effects of maxillary incisor extractions in children with nursing caries.

This study investigated parental perceptions of children who had extensive nursing caries that necessitated the extraction of the four maxillary incisors. The study investigated social skills, speech development, school progress, and personality changes in these children as perceived by their parents. The majority of parents saw no noticeable behavior change after the extractions; classified post-extraction behavior as normal; believed that their child had no problems making new friends; and perceived that their child had no difficulty speaking or learning to speak without the maxillary incisors.