8yr old dd has broken her front, adult tooth [sad]

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Dd bumped her front, adult tooth on the top of some drawers this morning. It broke instantly, almost completely in half (horizontally) .

We saw a dentist an hour after it happened and the tooth has been temporarily capped. The root has not been damaged, but we have been warned that the tooth could still die due to the trauma.

We now need to wait 2 weeks until her appointment to have it all numbed and repaired properly.

My main concerns are about whether the repaired tooth is likely to break repeatedly, aswell as what we can expect the dental procedures will be like for dd (she has never had any dental treatment before and is concerned about pain).

Would love to hear of your similar experiences.

DD1 did this when she the same age, breaking 2 teeth after being hit in the mouth by a rounders bat. One had to be removed completely as it broke down at the root, but the other although most of the tooth had gone they were able to seal and keep alive. This makes a big difference for the potential options later on as the root needs to mature to consider things like a root canal filling and pin for a crown (if needed) as I understand it. DD has had to have her restoration redone twice since the original one as they came off, but they have commented that there is very little tooth left for them to work with for her and the restoration is difficult to attach for this reason, so if there is more tooth for your DD they may well get a more secure restoration made. I remember being mortified when it happened, especially as she had to lose a tooth completely but actually it doesn't bother me or her at all now and she is now 15. I had to keep reminding myself that being hit the way she was, was very lucky it wasn't a fractured skull instead.