My 8yr broke off one of her permanent front teeth. It keeps falling off, what can we do?

The dentist he cannot do a permanent crown until she is much older and all we can do is keep fixing it. It has now falling off 2 times inside a month, shouldn%26#039;t it last longer?

My 8yr broke off one of her permanent front teeth. It keeps falling off, what can we do?
Are they able to bond it? My sister did the same thing as a child---she fell and broke off BOTH her permanent front teeth. The dentist bonded them and they lasted for about 10 years and then one of them had to be re-bonded. Only one of them fell off once. Check to see if there is enough of a tooth to get it bonded; if he cemented it on, it will just keep falling off. Good luck!
Reply:I broke my front tooth also. My dentist used a bonding compound to fix it. Unfortunately, if I am not careful, the bonding comes off. After going through many repairs, I decided to have a crown made for that tooth.





I would think you%26#039;d have to follow the advice of your dentist. You must tell your daughter to be extra careful when biting into something. It%26#039;s a pain in the neck to keep fixing it, but she has to understand that in order to keep her bonding secure, she%26#039;ll have to bite on the side of mouth instead of using her front teeth. This should help immensely. Good luck! I really feel for your daughter.
Reply:My grandson did that as well.


That was over 12 months ago and the bonded tooth hasn%26#039;t fallen off at all in that time.





I would suggest seeing a different dentist as the one you are seeing seems to be capitalising on the problem and it will also affect the integrity of the tooth as she gets older.
Reply:it should last longer, depending on the surfaces that need to be bonded.





however, once it has had glue applied, you%26#039;re probably stuck.


(or unstickable in this case.)





there will be remnants of the glue on both surfaces that will make it very hard to get a good fit.





i%26#039;m sorry, but i think it%26#039;s not fixable.





but surely i%26#039;m not a dentist, and there may be things they can do that i don%26#039;t realize. good luck.
Reply:Either find a dentist that can get a better bonding agent ( I had the same problem and a new bond was used sucessfully) or cross apples and corn-on-the-cob off your shopping list. How did your daughters softball pitching go?



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