Tooth trauma question?

Hi! My nephew Did this over the summer although when he fell it was on the back concrete patio and it actually chipped his tooth in half. We we concerned about the same thing tooth trauma. When his mother took him to the dentist all they said to look for was for the tooth to start turning black or an akward color ar swelling around the tooth and to bring him back because we was a bit youngto hold down. Needless to say the tooth didn't turn black and they took him for a follow up not to long ago and the tooth is fine. Since there is no initial damage to the tooth itself I would say that she is fine. BUt if it makes you feel better you can always take her to the dentist.... Good luck i hope i help you a little

My son hit his mouth on the foot board of my bed last year and his lip split, and one of his front teeth chipped a little bit.

I called his dentist and they said that as long as it wasn't causing any pain and wasn't loose, then there was no problem. Since it's just a baby tooth and will fall out, I didn't need to bring him in.

They did say to watch out for signs of pain, such as when he bites down on things.

In some cases, the tooth will be jarred enough to make it loose, or to create space in the gum up above or behind it. In those cases, it will have to be pulled. It may not even be painful to the child until a few weeks or even over a month goes by.

Also, don't be terribly surprised if the tooth begins to take on a gray or dark tint. That can happen after trauma, and indicates that basically the tooth is dead, but again, unless it starts to hurt, it's fine to ignore it until it falls out on it's own. In fact, my son's OTHER front tooth, not the chipped one, started to darken about two weeks after his fall.

My cousins little girl fell down and hit her mouth on their coffee table. About a week later, her front teeth turned gray and she started to have trouble biting into things, and they had to get her teeth pulled. Their dentist warned that if she hit hard enough, the adult teeth might actually come in with a darker tint than the rest.

The same happened to me when I was about joshua's age, maybe a bit older. My mom just washed the tooth and stuck it back in telling me to hold it in place with my tongue. As far as I can remember it worked quite well and the tooth was soon firm enough without the need of a dentist. Still, I would not recommend it as I guess there is always a risk of swallowing the tooth or worse choke on it. I would wash the tooth in saline solution, keep it overnight in the fridge in a glass with the same liquid and hand it over to the dentist tomorrow.

If it isn't causing her pain I wouldn't worry about it.

When I was about 2 1/2 or 3 years old, I fell and hit my mouth on the bathtub. It cracked my tooth, which fell out a little bit later. it was a baby tooth and my permanent tooth came in just fine. Of course I lost the tooth a little earlier than normal, but it didn't so any permanent damage. HTH

My son fell when he was a toddler and hit his front tooth. When he went to the dentist I was told that there was a place behind his tooth and that his tooth needed to be pulled so that his permanent tooth would come in right. His permeate tooth came in just fine.Just watch your daughter's and make sure that there is no more bleeding and get her to the dentist as soon as possible

my little boy fell on the side of the tub at age 2 and hit his front tooth it turned brown a few days later. the dentist said he killed the nerve but there was nothing to do about it unless we pulled the tooth he is 8 now and his mouth is ok other than being crooked

my mom is a dental assent & for what i remember as long as it's not lose & it didn't get knocked out it should be ok i would check it the next day try wiggling it & see if the child give any kind of pain response ie moving away or something like that as long as the root wasn't broken it will be fine it doesn't sound like it was because it didn't fall out right away

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