3 year old damaged front 2 teeth after a fall

[Francesca91]

Hi,

Yesterday my 3.5 dd was riding on her scooter at the park when she tripped and banged her mouth on the handle bars of her scooter. My husband and I were mortified to see that her two front teeth had been pushed backwards (please see image for reference). We immediately took her to A&E who assessed for head trauma (all fine) and then told us to get in touch with a dentist.

We took her to a private dentist Saturday night who said that the teeth would need to come out as they were very damaged. He told us to contact our usual dentist to arrange this using gas and air as he thought a local anesthetic alone might traumatise her. Does anyone have any similar experiences they can share (hopefully with a positive outcome)? Or if anyone knows a way they can realign them? They are quite loose though...

I'm so incredibly heartbroken as she has the most beautiful smile and now she'll have a huge gap for years until her adult teeth come through.😭 I've also heard that it can cause problems with alignment and marks on the new adult teeth from the previous damage?

TIA

This happened to a relative in very similar circumstances.

like you say they had a gap at the front for ages and now their adult front teeth have come through it’s clear that they’ll need braces to align them as there’s a huge gap between them and they poke forwards quite a lot. This might have been the same even if they’d not lost their milk teeth but we’ll never know.

I hope your dd is ok and the dentist is helpful at explaining the best way forwards and the reasons behind that.

Aww, poor thing - I'm so sorry you're going through this :(
I understand the sadness you are feeling at her having to lose her teeth but as someone who has been through the opposite, I just wanted to share my story in case it might reassure you a little that losing the teeth - while obviously unwanted! - is perhaps for the best x
My son had a similar thing happen; his brother accidentally hit him in the face with a toy and his front tooth went black. Because it was just black, not loose, it was decided (by an NHS dentist) that removing it would be too stressful for my son to go through for a purely cosmetic reason and he was left with it from the ages of 3 until it fell out last week at 6. The tooth was one of his front teeth.
His confidence during this time was knocked terribly. He refused to smile, engage with others, and is now very shy and reticent. The tooth fell out last week - an accident at school finally knocked it out - and he was so happy it was out. He's like a different child.
Also, just on your point about alignment being messed up: his new tooth has come through (it must have been up behind it all the while!) and it is beautiful. Perfectly in line and gorgeous.
One positive too is that it's left him with a genuine commitment to cleaning his new teeth and making sure they are perfect.
Take some time to accept your sadness - it's completely justified to be upset as no solution here is going to be a good one given that it just shouldn't have happened xx