Front teeth pulled out, 3 year old

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My poor little boy is probably going to have his two front teeth pulled out due to a stupid unnecessary accident at his nursery. Anger doesn't even begin to cover what I feel! He's been such a trooper partic as he's just got a baby sister which is obviously a big change. He's had to suddenly stop with his beloved dummy, have lots of scary check ups and proddings etc and is doing so well. Now they're saying teeth might have to come out. Am worried about so many things and can't bear to think of his fear and having to be pinned down etc when it happens but also about how it will affect his speech with so many years till permanent teeth come.

Am assuming this has happened to quite a few other children here! Any words of advice/comfort?

Thank you v much!

Sorry no advice but I didn't want this to go unanswered. What a horrible time for you both! I do hope he doesn't need them out.

My dsd knocked her front teeth at nursery when she was 2 years old. One of them fell out immediately and the other was black (dead root) for about a year before it finally fell out. She therefore didn't have to undergo the upset of having them removed by a dentist, but I can say that it didn't in any way affect her speech (she never shuts up ). She's 7 now and her big teeth are still not through.

I did worry that she may get some teasing or become uncomfortable about it when she started school (particularly as she is a very girly girl and concerned about her appearance) but tbh, its honestly never been an issue.

no advice on having the teeth pulled - no experience of that. However I have a lot of experience of lost front teeth at that age. Over a period of about 3 months my twins both knocked out their front teeth (top and bottom) - it was mad and very embarrassing taking them to playgroup with increasingly gaping holes. They had had lovely teeth too :(

They coped amazingly well without teeth - they finally got them back when they were 7 (all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth came to mind a lot).
No problems with speech.

My sister knocked out her 2 front teeth when she was 3.

She now has beautiful adult teeth and never had any problems with speech.

Maybe a chat with your dentist about your concerns would put your mind at ease.

You are all so kind. Thank you so much. V cheering re speech, bullying etc. Throckenholt, can't believe top and bottom teeth and both twins! Know what you mean with the lovely teeth, that upset me too, love my boy's beautiful little smile. Feels shallow as a million worse things but still.

Thank you all so much again!

it was pretty unbelievable - they are id twins as well - it was a farce really. Tripping on stairs, on the kitchen floor, and then a flurry of foot in mouth while wrestling events (despite our best efforts to stop them). I wondered if once there was a gap it made the surrounding ones more vulnerable. They are 8 now - it seems a long time ago :)

And I did miss their teeth for quite a few years - more than they did really because they got used to not having them.

I think as long as the tooth has been pushed in then there is likely no damage to the root and the adult tooth underneath.

And it won't be too long before their friends will start losing teeth and then he won't be the only gappy one.

Poor you! Funny if wasn't so awful! X