A Question About "Baby Teeth" in a 4 in a Half Year Old.

Sometimes nothing happens, sometimes they have to be pulled and the impact caused minor to major damage on the perm teeth.'

I bashed my face and was fine. My son bashed his face and was fine. My sister bashed her face and had to have 4 teeth pulled, major orthodonfic surgeries, headgear, braces, etc. My nephew bashed his face and the roots died and abcessed.

No way to tell whats up without the xrays.

If your dentist has the day off, they have denitsts in Urgent Care and ERs.

If they are intact, then maybe nothing will happen. It is also possible that they will discolor over time.

My daughter fell off a scooter and hit her mouth on something (the ground?) and BROKE her front permanent tooth off. In half. The dentist repaired it the next day (it happened on a holiday of course), by essentially making a filling and re-creating the broken off part, adhering it to the back of the remaining parts of her tooth. You cannot tell anything eve happened. It looks perfect.

But, he warned that over time, if there was any nerve damage, that the remaining part of her natural tooth may discolor. Either turn dark yellow or gray. And it may not happen anytime soon. (This happened almost 2 years ago and so far, still looks perfect). Sometimes, adults have teeth that are discolored because of some mind trauma from childhood that "eventually" causes the tooth to turn colors. And it may have been such a mild trauma that the person doesn't even know what they did or remember doing anything to their tooth. Comforting, right? lol

But, with baby teeth, there isn't really a nerve I don't think. The danger is probably more that it could have pushed up into the underlying permanent tooth and damaged IT'S root/nerve from the pressure/impact. If it did, there really isn't anything you can do about it.

Since her baby teeth are a bit loose, just try to keep her from the temptation to mess with them. And same goes for you: no more tugging at them to "see" if they are loose. ;)
And soft foods only. Liquids only if you can swing it. No straws!

My daughter fell and jammed the two front teeth back inside the gum. I thought they broke off, but the ER and dentist assured me they were up there. They came back out, just as they told me they would. The dentist saw her again in 6 months and all was fine. He said sometimes the tooth will turn grey and need to be pulled.

She has since lost those teeth and new ones have come in without any problems.

My daughter has a friend that busted her tooth falling on something when she was about the same age. The dentist just pulled them and they waited for the adult teeth to come in. It didn't seem to be a big deal. Hopefully the dentist office is open tomorrow! Good luck!

Since they're baby teeth and she's not in any pain, they will probably just leave them alone. After all, they would be falling out within the next year or two anyway.

you will basically have to watch her. if there is any damage they will start to turn grey or become painful. try to keep her from eating hard foods and messing with them

They will most likely tighten back up. Give it time. If she is crying and in pain from the teeth and not the busted lip then she is good to go. The most that would happen is that she may have cracked a tooth where it can't be seen but that would only show up in an X-ray. If she needs to have dental work done a pediatric dentist should be putting her to sleep to do the work to save her from all the stress and anxiety associated with the whole thing. It is not a big deal. They just sedate the child enough to do the work, ours uses the out patient surgery center at the local hospital. Then he does all the work in just a few minutes. The kids wake up ready to go play and eat. They love their dentist and can't wait until we go again.