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Why not call her dentist (new O.!) and ask?
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Background: When she was a little over a year old, I was talked into doing baby root canals on her top four front teeth by a bad dentist. The dentist came highly recommended, but I didn't find out until later that the dentist is great for older children but terrible for younger children. A few months later, the composites started chipping away. The new dentist suggested we wait until she was old enough to fix them so that they could use general anesthesia and have a better chance of the composites bonding properly and not cause her any further trauma. Unfortunately, by the time she was 2 and we could fix it, her two outer teeth had to be pulled, but at least they were able to fix her two middle teeth.
Last weekend, my daughter launched herself at me from the side while I was sitting crosslegged on the floor and I couldn't catch her in time, so she face planted and knocked one of her fake teeth loose and it cut into her mouth and there was bleeding along the gumline and where the tooth cut into her mouth. I feel so terrible, but I have terrible hand-eye coordination. I wish I caught her in time. Will the tooth tighten up again? I've heard that it does, but that's for teeth that are real teeth and not fake teeth over root canals. If not, will she be okay or will this mess up her permanent teeth or her speech or cause other kids to point and laugh at her and traumatize her? Does anyone have any experience with this? I would try harder not to worry, since it doesn't seem to be causing her any discomfort, but it's at least 4 years till her permanent ones come in:(
BTW I did call the new dentist and they said not to worry if it's not bothering her, but that they didn't know if the tooth would tighten or not.
Why not call her dentist (new O.!) and ask?
When my son feel & chipped his front teeth, they had us come in and check if they damage the roots or if they can get a abscess in the gums. They are great with kids.
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My daughter knocked her tooth out when she was 2. Her front tooth. It was the real one. They actually put in what I guess would be similar to a permanent denture? You might ask. It was like a retainer that cemented onto her back teeth. It was a trauma free procedure. When she was older, and, the new (big) tooth showed coming in on the x-rays, they simply removed it.
It may tighten up. I am more concerned about the permanent tooth bud underneath. My daughter hit her tooth when she was about 4, it tightened up but when the permanent tooth started coming in, the enamel had not filled in completely and it happened to be dark in the center of her tooth. We had it filled and looks good even still years later.
Her root is still there so that will keep the space somewhat. The Dr. may be able to put the crown back on if there is some tooth/root structure. Or a temporary crown or tooth but wait until it is not loose. M. RDH Oral Facial Myofunctional therapist.
