My son is 4 yrs old. He hit his tooth at school a week and a half ago and now the denist thinks it has to go

Question

it is one of his tow front teeth and it is getting quite discolored. I took him to the dentist last week, but he wanted to wait to make sure if was going to die before he pulled it. He could quite tell from x-rays. Well have any of your children had baby teeth knocked out? Your experience with missing teeth for so long and can they put in fake baby teeth and estimated cost? Whatever you know would help. He I am sure how it looks now will have to have it removed tomorrow.

Answer 1

Don’t worry! This is very common and having the tooth removed is not going to hurt your son in anyway or effect his adult teeth from coming in normally. Actually, I see it on a daily basis! I would not even recommend trying to save the tooth. If it is turning colors that means the nerve has died. You could try to have a pulpotomy (baby root canal) and a crown which will run you close to $1,000 and be far more traumatic - but I would almost guarantee it would fail and he would wind up having to get the tooth pulled anyway. I worked for this one doctor who used to swindle patients out of TONS of money saving teeth that she knew would fail anyway (she would get the $1,000 to "save" the tooth and the patients would be back in a few days needing to have it pulled and she would get more money). Honestly it is not best to "save" the tooth because keeping it in his mouth could cause an infection. Rest assured that his adult tooth will come in around 6-7 years of age just fine!

P.S. I seen an answer before mine FROM A SO CALLED DENTIST that said removing the tooth could cause spacing problems. NOT TRUE FOR FRONT TEETH!! It is ONLY TRUE FOR BACK TEETH! If the tooth is a front tooth a spacer is not EVER necessary because front teeth retain their own space. Back teeth can shift but front teeth do not! Looks like another scam artist dentist or a fraud!

Answer 2

My younger daughter had this happen to her. She was engaging in horseplay at a Home Depot with her sister and hit her mouth on a metal shelf. She pushed her front tooth back up into her gum. We took her to a dentist and he said there was a real risk of an infection so he pulled out the tooth. She was only four years old at the time and the tooth still had its root attached. She also had another tooth go bad when she was three years old. I don't know what caused that one to become discolored and have part of it break off but the dentist wanted to build it up to try to save it. While he was working on that tooth, it came out. The root was completely gone. He said that she would have a space there for several years until the permanent tooth came in. He also said that sometimes, children need spacers put in so the permanent teeth have some sort of guide when they start to grow in. My daughter did not need to get one. Apparently, that's only done on children who look like they will need orthodontic work in the future because the spaces for the teeth are too small and hers were quite wide. Her permanent teeth did come in but before that, it looked strange to see two baby teeth missing that weren't next to each other.

Answer 3

My best friend's daughter had the same thing happen when she was 3. The tooth stayed put till she was 6, then it came out like a regular baby tooth.

I would leave it in unless it looks really bad. And if the dentist pulls it, I'd just leave a gap. There's no way to replace a baby tooth that isn't painful and very expensive. Not worth it for 12 - 18 months till his permanent tooth comes in.

Answer 4

Well if it dosent hurt him and it wont ruin other teeth I would leave it. When I was a baby I hit my tooth so many times it was dead and it ended up falling out on its own.

Answer 5

THE DISCOLORED TOOTH HAS SUFFERED TRAUMA, THERE HAS BLEEDING INSIDE THE TOOTH AND THE TOOTH NEEDS TO HAVE A PULPOTOMY BY A PEDIATRIC DENTIST.
HE MUST HAVE THIS TOOTH SAVED FOR LOSING IT PREMATURELY CAUSE SPACING PROBLEM, NOT TO MENTION EMBARRASSMENT FOR LOSING THIS TOOTH WHICH NORMALLY COMES OUT AROUND 7 YEARS OF AGE.
FALSE TEETH ARE NOT GIVEN TO REPLACE DECIDUOUS TEETH.

Answer 6

i, um im the middle child in my family and from stories i heard when i was a baby, my older brother got jealous and tried to pull mne out of my crib through the sides! he is just upset that your giving him attention. what you should do: if you see him do something good, praise him and give him a little incentive... when he is being bad, be stern but not to the point where he is actually crying. If you need to give him a time out, but he just feels ignored. Try to find something you can both do somedays. Good luck! (:

Answer 7

dont worry about it its decidious (baby tooth), pull it out if the doc says he needs to or leave it in if it doesnt cause him pain and wont spread rotting to any other teeth.

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