Broken Front Tooth

I broke off part of my front tooth when I was about that age. The entire corner of one tooth that was right in the center. The dentist bonded it that lasted until I was 30 years old. when that came off, I had it bonded again. Last year (at 43) I broke it again and finally had it capped. No one ever noticed anything different about the tooth.

Take her in. I broke off my front teeth when I was about that age and had to get it fixed. Also give her some ibuprofen if the tooth is still tender. It helps with the internal swelling and can help keep the tooth alive. Call your doctor's office for dosing!

If this is a permanent tooth she chipped, then the only solution is to have a dentist cap it. If its the baby tooth, then she's fine. But at 9 I would assume its the permanent one.

My 9 year old step son, and his peers I have met, all have their "adult" set of teeth in the front. For that reason I say get your daughter to a pediatric dentist as soon as possible. If she has damaged her adult tooth - their won't be another and if discoloration happens, she'll have to live with it forever or have cosmetic dentistry to fix it. And even if it is not the adult tooth - I say let the dentist have a look and make the call.

Take her to the dentist.

PS I use to be a dental assistant.

My daughter did this, when she was also 9. She chipped her front tooth in the basement. It is only the very bottom of it and 2 dentists said it is okay, not too close to the nerve and we can wait until she gets braces and they are taken of to fix it. They will have to build it up. The current dentist said we should take care of it now. But then she won't be able to eat with that tooth and will have to cut everything up. How do you cut an apple if you can't take a knife to school? Precut looks nasty. We are going to get it fixed after braces unless something happens before then. Anyway, take her in and have it checked. At 9 it is most likely an adult tooth and you want to make sure no damage to the nerve..

My son broke his front tooth a couple of mos. ago & it was a permanent one. The dentist put a temporary on it during an emergency visit & then repaired it the next appt.

Take her to the dentist. My 8 1/2 yr daughter just did this 2 weekends ago. Only hers was all the way grown out already. She didn't chip it, she completely broke off almost half of the tooth, almost to the gum line.
Dentist will xray it to check for damage that isn't visible from the outside (blood vessel supply to the tooth/root), and make an assessment.

Our daughter doesn't appear to have damaged her root or blood supply, so hopefully she will not have further issues with it. The missing section was rebuilt (like a big "filling" only it doesn't fill a cavity, it replaces the missing side of her tooth) and you can't tell she did anything to it. There are still possibilities of problems down the road - darkening of her tooth - almost all dark yellow teeth that you see are from childhood trauma according to our dentist, abscessing, etc. And when she is grown (17 or so) she will need a cap. But so far she is fine... after 2 or 3 days, she doesn't mention it anymore or complain about it feeling funny in her mouth.

Dentist said she can eat apples... just not hard crunchy stuff like peanut brittle. And cannot use it for a "tool" only as a tooth, lol (no opening snack bags or biting of the plastic tag things from clothes, etc).
Most everyone only gets one set of adult teeth after losing their baby teeth. Although there are instances of someone losing a 2nd and getting a third. Just as there are instances of some kids not having an adult/permanent tooth underneath the baby one. This is very unusual, however. So don't expect she will grow another. Take care of this one appropriately, she won't likely get another.
Hope this helps.

So sorry.. it is traumatic for child and mom alike... I know.

If it's her baby tooth she still needs to see the dentist it still have a root like an adult tooth that needs protection. If it's an adult tooth and she's lost the baby tooth (the adult tooth being broken) she again still needs to see the dentist. Not just for the root to make sure it's protected but because with a tooth being injured (even if it's not soft tissue) it's an injury and could get infected. Anytime a tooth or the mouth suffer trauma it can weaken them and cause more problems later, when a simple trip to the dentist when it happens can save you later.

Your dentist should have emergencies appointments and you shouldn't have to wait a week or two to get in, if you have to then you might want to seek another dentist. I wish you the best and let us know what the dentist says about her tooth condition.

I had the same thing happen to me around that age to both of my front teeth. I have them bonded, they were my adult teeth and weren't fully grown so as they grew the bonding did chip off (I think I had to go back twice) However now one tooth has virtually no bonding left and the other just in the back. I agree about going because the nerves make everything soo sensitive. I did have braces eventually at the age of 12, and was fine with them being bonded.

I think a dentist would fix it now, it is only continueing to crack and and stress the nerves and enamel. All the kids I know that had good dental care, IE regular check ups and such, started working towards the braces by age 9. Some of them started having teeth pulled by age 9. That family had small mouths and huge teeth though. Every member of theri family had to have 4 teeth pulled and a bionator to move their teeth to where they needed to be so braces could be easier on them.