Thanks.

Yes, I've had babies and watched and learned about teeth development. I just asked because I'd never heard of a root canal proceedure (as called in the news article) in a child so young. Didn't understand how it was possible or why it would be done.

Tragic story. It's possible that the child had some type of pre-existing illness as well. News articles don't tell all the facts. It would be difficult to even speculate what went wrong for the poor child.