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front tooth extraction

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skewiff · 22/06/2010 22:36

My son fell over today and smashed his right front tooth.

He has mild cerebral palsy and not good balance and walking.

The tooth was so smashed that they took the whole thing out.

I forgot to ask them (and am going on holiday tomorrow!) if it would affect the way that the big teeth come in.

Have any of you experienced this and found that the big teeth have changed position as a result of not having the milk teeth marking where they need to go?

Do I need to ask the dentists to anything about this?

thanks x

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skewiff · 22/06/2010 22:37

sorry forgot to say: my son is only 3 1/4, so he's got a while to go until the big teeth come. They said the big teeth come in at 7.

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claw3 · 22/06/2010 22:42

Skewiff, ds has had 6 teeth out now, including his 2 front teeth.

I was told by dentist that adult teeth would come down more quickly and easily without other tooth there. One of his back teeth that shouldnt be there, has broken the gum already.

Ds killed the nerves in his two front teeth (falling and smashing his face so many times) they have taken x-rays as front teeth havent appeared yet.

Perhaps x-ray to check adult tooth was not damaged in the gum. But dont worry it can wait until after your holiday.

claw3 · 22/06/2010 22:47

X-posted with you, i think they would only worry if his 'big' teeth didnt appear. Ds is 6 years and 3 months and has had a back tooth appear, which doesnt normally appear until after front 2.

Thats why they have taken x-ray very recently.

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skewiff · 22/06/2010 22:48

Thank you claw,

We did have an x-ray. We went to Whitechapel hospital in London. And I think everything was fine underneath.

I"m just worried because after coming home and looking it all up on the internet, I've discovered that (in America, at least) they do these things called space maintainers ...

Because Ds only lost one front tooth, apparently the big teeth might shift around to find more room and come through all wonky.

Has anyone heard of a space maintainer here? Or is this just an American thing do you think.

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AgnesDiPesto · 22/06/2010 22:53

Ds has been missing his for about a year and dentist wasn't worried - his came straight out. However the tooth next to it (other front tooth) went a bit dusky and obviously is now a "dead" front tooth. I had fears it would go black but its stopped at a sort of grey colour. We were told to leave this tooth in as although there was a very small chance it could get infected the risk of anaesthetic to remove it was worse.

BigWeeHag · 22/06/2010 23:02

DS1 has had both out - we were told that the adult ones might be slightly slower in coming in as it is the baby teeth wearing down that signals growth. The rest around it seem straight still, and I am keeping an eye on it - he's 4y 11m so at least a year or two without teeth, bless him!

Jaybird37 · 22/06/2010 23:04

Space maintainer was not needed for my son if that reassures you. It was necessary once his second tooth needed to come out because it had been damaged by the milk tooth hitting it.

claw3 · 22/06/2010 23:05

Sorry never heard of space maintainers. Ds's first front tooth was extracted after it became infected due to nerve being dead about 2 years ago. The gap did become bigger, i assume because he grew, you could fit about 3 teeth in the one gap he has.

But still no sign of either front tooth, so couldnt say how straight or not it will be im afraid.

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skewiff · 22/06/2010 23:17

I'll watch it and check to see that his milk teeth keep their position. Was getting panicked with the thought of big teeth moving about without me noticing. but of course if the milk teeth stay in the right place ...

Sorry. Really tired its been a long day.

I know its really superficial worrying about this. Its just I spend every day trying to get DS better and make limbs work that don't etc - I can't bear another thing going wrong. And just want to prevent extra hospital appointments and aids etc in the future if I can,.

But I'm sure it will all seems like nothing in the morning x

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claw3 · 23/06/2010 00:33

Skewiff, its natural to worry, just because you have big worries, doesnt mean you shouldnt worry about the smaller ones too

I think you have done everything you can, dentist has taken x-ray. Enjoy your holiday and phone your dentist when you get back

BriocheDoree · 23/06/2010 10:25

Friend's DS (completely NT) took out both front teeth aged 3 or 4. Now aged 10 you would never know, even though there are years' worth of photos of him with gaps!!

moosemama · 23/06/2010 17:48

My ds did the same thing when he was 4, although he knocked his left front tooth horizontal and had it removed as a result. (He slid off the sofa ever so gently and landed on his face. )

He is now 6 and hasn't started losing his milk teeth yet, but I'm not concerned as both he and his brother cut their teeth late and ds1 didn't lose his first tooth until he was 7. Ds1 is 8 now and has only got two adult teeth (bottom centre) with the other ones not showing any sign of wanting to shift. He is really disgruntled about it of course, as his friends started losing them years before him and now have lots of adult teeth.

Both boys have recently had a check-up and the dentist said they have lovely teeth, which are all in really good condition, so I don't think they are worried.

My dh knocked out both his front teeth when he was four and the adult teeth took years to come through. All his childhood photos show him smiling with a toothless grin. His adult teeth came through fine in the end though.

Marne · 23/06/2010 17:53

dsd knocked her front teeth out when she was 3, her big teeth cane through by the time she was 6 or 7.

sneezecake · 23/06/2010 20:14

I knocked both my front teeth out when I was about 2 1/2 big teeth came through no probs x

2Siobhan · 23/06/2010 21:50

I knocked both front teeth out when I was 3. My big teeth came through when I was 6. They were crocked and I needed braces but I think they would have been like that anyway as bottom teeth were crocked too and were all very crowded. No problems with the teeth themselves though. I think I was never meant to have them as about 7 years ago I feel and broke them in half lol. Good luck xxx

NickOfTime · 23/06/2010 21:57

space maintainers won't be needed for front teeth.
dd2 has mild cp and damaged one of her front teeth at about two, but dd1 - perfectly nt, smashed her front teeth (the adult ones) going over the handlebars of her bike... not entirely relevant, except that she also had an unerupted milk tooth (one of the back ones) that was surgically removed at the same time, and we were told that a spacer would be fitted when she was 11 or 12 to make sure the adult tooth came down properly. it's only really an issue if there are other teeth in the way. sure enough, she's 10 now and we have an orthodontic referral for the spacer. tinies jaws are still growing, and spacers are hard to keep clean, so they aren't really used until tweens/ teens in the uk, and only then if there is evidence of difficulty when the xrays are taken.

have a lovely holiday!

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