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Milk tooth knocked out - long term problems?

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LadyBez · 02/01/2014 17:57

Hello, firstly want to say thanks for the advice that I have read over the years on various topics. I don't really lurk as such but do read lots of threads when I need to and they're often very helpful. I'm not much of a one got posting very much really.
Anyway, my question is has anyone got any long term experience of having had a milk tooth knocked out? My DS (3 nearly 4) sat on a child sized plastic chair ready to eat his Christmas Day dinner, pulled himself closer to the table and it buckled under him, sending him chin first onto the edge of a wooden table. It knocked a front tooth straight out. I took him to A&E (nice and quiet on Christmas Day, silver linings and all that!) and she was relatively unconcerned, just said he would be gappy for a bit.
Been to our regular dentist today, she tried an X-ray but he moved and she was reluctant to put him through it again. She said damage to the permanent tooth was "possible but not probable." This was too vague for me so I consulted Dr Internet. This suggested similar with varying statistics from small sample sizes quoted.
Have any of you guys had similar happen with your children who now have adult teeth? I know it's anecdotal evidence but I would much appreciate some stories!

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louismummy · 02/01/2014 22:03

Damage to permanent incisor is unlikely, as the tooth came out straight away, as opposed to being pushed up onto the new tooth. I would be very surprised if any damage has occurred, if the tooth was knocked straight out. I have never personally seen damage caused by this in my 20 yrs of working, only in journals.

theladyrainy · 02/01/2014 22:08

ds2 fell and bashed his face against a concrete floor when he was younger, but he didn't knock anything out. A few years later an x-ray (for braces) showed that he'd damaged the nerve in a tooth, so the dentist removed it as he was having a retainers/braces. Dentist said that the tooth might go grey, but it hasn't yet more than a year later.

LadyBez · 03/01/2014 09:45

Thanks, that's interesting. After it happened we heard that a couple of members of our extended families had experienced this kind of thing and neither grew up to have long term damage. One of them even grew up to have what his girlfriend calls "American teeth" as they're so straight and perfect!
Thanks for answering.

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