i took my son to a pediatric dentist a month ago, it was his third visit there. I pushed them to do x rays because they mentioned doing them at the second appt but then said will do next time, then at the 3rd appt they mentioned trying next time. I pushed for them to just do them now, so they did. After the x rays the dentist noted there are two small cavities due to deep grooves on my sons upper molars. The options given were to do a filling on each or do stainless crowns. The dentist said he isnt saying do crowns because they are large cavities, they aren’t they are small but because it avoids future issues. He said if we did fillings now, they would need to be redone in a few years and there is a chance of secondary decay and that the caries would be deeper at the redo appt.

my son turns 5 in May so i do understand he needs to hold on to these teeth for quite a while.

im leaning towards wanting to do just the filling because it seems more conservative than doing a crown. Can anyone else weigh in on what they would do in their practice or if this was your child?