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Lost Tooth Incident

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missced · 07/12/2016 11:26

DS (6) lost his first milk tooth last week, it fell out normally after being loose, etc, and the tooth fairy came. No problems. Yesterday his teacher took me to one side to have a chat - turns out that that afternoon he lost the tooth next to it in a playground incident with another boy. Tooth could not be found.He was so upset he wouldn't talk to me about it yesterday, other than to insist that it was an accident, - another boy dropped his scarf, he picked it up for him, and the "scarf caught his tooth". Things aren't fitting together very well - perhaps DH was biting the scarf and didn't want to tell me. However, the worrying thing is that this tooth wasn't loose, although it was next to the first "lost" one. The boy he was playing with has a reputation for being quite rough and I am worried that there is more to this than DS wants to say - DS can stand up for himself but there has been some roughhousing from this child which he generally finds it hard to avoid. Teacher was concerned at amount of blood, hole, etc. Today I have said that I can't establish what happened - cannot point finger at this child as it could have been an accident - but that I am concerned about the circumstances and would like him removed from being with the other child (they share a class and he is picking up bad language from him). Also made a dentists appointment tonight to get him checked out as he is saying his gum is sore. There is no new tooth pushing through in its place - I think it has been pulled out too early. In short, I fear the worst, can't prove anything, don't want to make a fuss if there is no reason, but am worried as things just aren't adding up. AIBU?

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HoopsandEverything · 07/12/2016 11:28

Sounds like your son's tooth was already a bit wobbly if there's another one coming in behind it already.

Most likely he bit the scarf and the tooth came out. He's probably a bit worried he'll be in trouble for biting (biting clothes at school age is really not on, they should know better).

HoopsandEverything · 07/12/2016 11:30

If your son had been hit in the face hard enough to knock an unwobbly tooth clean out, he'd have bruises, swelling and cuts on his lips where they'd been knocked into his teeth.

VivienneWestwoodsKnickers · 07/12/2016 11:37

I pulled my brother's tooth out in the car once, by pulling a drinking straw out of his mouth. He must have been about 6. It didn't take much (I got skelped for it though).

Seems entirely possible to be a minor bit of horseplay between kids.

Neefs · 07/12/2016 12:32

My DS2 lost 3 teeth in really close succession at the age of 6, and then waited nearly 2 years for the adult teeth to grow in. Dentist totally happy - DS happy, no problem.

Doesn't address your concerns around the school/other kid, sorry, but I just wanted to reassure you that milk teeth can and do fall out early and it hasn't caused any problems at all to DS.

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