My daughters tooth is turning black

[7dwarves]

My 3 year old's front tooth has taken on a greyish colour. She isn't in pain and cleans her teeth. She drinks from a cup and has a 'normal' diet. What is the matter with it? Do I need to take her to the dentist? Help please

[Janh]

She might have knocked it at some point - dead teeth go grey. If it doesn't hurt her it's probably not a problem, and it's better staying in than being taken out. Does she go to the dentist anyway? It's a good idea to get them used to going as early as possible so if she hasn't started yet this would be a good time!

[littlemissbossy]

yes your dd should see a dentist, asap. The grey/black colourisation indicates primary tooth trauma i.e. damage to the milk teeth. Obviously her milk teeth will come out naturally anyway, but the trauma can lead to damage of her underlying permanent teeth. My dss suffered from the same and our dentist coated the tooth with a special sealant to help prevent damage to the tooth growing underneath. HTH

[Sonnet]

My DD1 banged her mouth and tooth at athe age of 2. Her tooth alos took on a greyish tinge. The dentist said her fall could have damaged the tooth underneath but we would have to wait and see.
An odd thing happened, her tooth over time becam eless grey, fell out at 5 years old and she now has a perfect front tooth.
I would visit the dentist and ask his advice. The only thing that strikes me as preculiar in your case is that she dosn't have appeared to have banged it???

[7dwarves]

Thanks for all the responses. I phoned our dentist who confirmed that the tooth had probably 'died'. Georgia did bang it when she fell over last week but I hadn't put 2 and 2 together. They didn't want to see her and | feel reassured. Thank you.

[WideWebWitch]

7dwarves, my ds had this too. The dentist just said to watch for any pain and bring him in if he had any in case it was being caused by an absess. I'd no idea he'd even bumped it but apparently it wouldn't even have had to be that hard to make the tooth die, (or whatever they do!). Anyway, it fell out and the replacement is fine.