Will her tooth turn black?!

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Any dentists on here or anyone that's gone through the same thing? Need some reassurance!

My DD (18 months) took a fall down a step today and hit her front on the skirting somehow. Cue lots of bleeding and a fat lip - thought it was coming from the lip but on closer inspection realised it was from her tooth.

The tooth is only partially out anyway as she's a late bloomer with her teeth. It's the one right next to her top front teeth. I took her to the dentist just to get checked and she was very blunt (after a struggle of trying to get my distressed DD to open her mouth) she said the tooth is more mobile than it should be at this stage and will probably turn black and need removing under GA. Then she sent me on my way. Now I've read online that the tooth could heal and go back to being white. How likely is that? Should it be more protected since it's not fully out or is that worse? Would you recommend keeping the tooth in so it doesn't cause problems later on? She was saying it's more likely going to develop an abscess if I do that.

Thanks in advance. I've been crying all day about it and obviously want her to keep the few baby teeth she has 😢

DD’s did - there is no real reason to remove it though, it would only be for aesthetic purposes. We felt that the trauma of putting a 5 year old through that was far too much and left it to naturally fall out a few years later.

My child's tooth went a slightly greyish colour. If you looked closely it was different but at a quick glance it did not stand out.

Ah this happened to my DD a month ago, at the same age. She smacked her two too teeth and then hit the bottom ones into the gum. The nurse at the hospital said they might discolour from bruising (did not know teeth could bruise) but that they'd go back to normal, her teeth were fine thankfully, they were more worried about checking she hadn't pushed them into the gum

DD aged 5/6 bashed her fully emerged tooth and it went wobbly and grey. After a while - several weeks I think - it went white again and wasn't wobbly any more. It fell out at the normal time about 12-18 months later.

I was worried when it turned grey and mentioned it to a school mum, she said her DD had done exactly the same thing and hers went white again too after a while.

That happened to my son's tooth when he was about 2. The tooth did turn black and fell out a bit later on its own, leaving a gap. But over the years the teeth have moved closer so now it looks like he has a tiny gap between his 2 front teeth, which a lot of people have anyway. You don't notice any difference. Hope that helps. x

DD bashed her teeth when she was a baby. I pushed the dangling tooth back in. It discoloured but stayed intact n place and only fell out when she shed her baby teeth naturally. No harm done at all. Are you worried about her appearance? If so , reset your thinking. She is a tiny child and you don't want her to grow up thinking her value lies in her appearance.

I had a tooth to black after banging it. Luckily it was a baby tooth and when it came out, my adult tooth came through a normal colour

Thanks for all your reply's. She's a redhead so I suppose it's already installed in my mind that she could be bullied and I'm just fearful she'll be bullied about this for years with her being so young now. Plus the thought of her going under general anaesthetic terrifies me! X

I did similar when I was little. I only had 2 teeth and they ended up at an angle teeth shouldn't be at. The dentist put them back into place and nothing more was thought of it. When my adult teeth came through this two teeth have minor chips in the tops which cause me no issues at all.

I'm also a redhead and no one notices my teeth unless point them out. Bullying from being a redhead is generally the very witty "UR ginger" ... Very observant! The bullying I received was due to being quiet and doing my homework when in a school when most people didn't bother and very rarely about my hair colour!

There’s no guarantee

my daughter smashed her mouth at a similar age, loosened her front teeth and the dentist said it was DEFINITELY going to turn black with a month or so. They did say it would tighten up with no problems.

we are a few months on now. It hasn’t happened, nor gone slightly grey. She is still trying to chew wood and metal so I don’t think it’s bothering her any more

DS2 fell face first on a tiled floor aged 3 and both front teeth went very grey and stayed that way until they fell out several years later.
Second teeth fine.

DS1 smashed his face into a table at IKEA when he was about 3 and one his front teeth took the brunt of it. I took him to the dentist and she wasn't too concerned. Said the tooth might go grey. It did (cue 'hilarious' pirate jokes from well meaning grandad!) It went pretty much white again after a couple of months. The dentist said she could see the back of it was still grey when he had his next checkup. He is 15 now. New teeth grew in well. In fact he has a rather lovely set of gnashers, even if I do say so myself😆

I donked my front teeth hard several times as a child. One time one was a bit wobbly and another they went grey but recovered to white and stayed put. Has frequent x-rays to check all ok.

My adult teeth were weaker though and I broke one at 11 (no root damage so ok to just cap). Second one broke in an accident when I was a bit older. Crowned temporarily as a kid then both permanently crowned as an adult. No problems since

I triped and hit one of my front milk teeth on the pavement. I remember doing it and the 'Oh dear you're fine' from my mum. I was about 4. It turned grey but never caused any other problems, and fell out as normal with the others.