My 9 yr old son's teeth cracked!?

My son 's two front teeth are now halfway missing, he fell in gym while playing tag and we rushed him to the dentist. The dentist put some medicine on it saying they were in shock and we will see him next week for the white fill ins. Has anyone ever had their permanent teeth knocked out or majorly chipped? I don't know how this will effect him in the future, medically and his self-image.

My 9 yr old son's teeth cracked!?
At nine years old, the apex (the end of the root) problably has not formed and closed completely. Depending on how close the break is to pulp chamber (nerve), he may be okay for now. What can happen, is that the nerves in both teeth have been traumatized, but not showing symptoms at this time. It is possible that the nerves may die, leading to abcesses. This could happen in days or years, each individual is different.


The signs you need to look for: teeth getting gray or darker than now or hurting when biting down, swelling at the root tips (under his nose), a fistula (this is like a pimple at the end of the root (same area as where the swelling could be--in the mouth where the top of his gum and lip meet), if he has a fistula-that means the infection is draining thru the "pimple" and therefore; he may not experience swelling or pain-because he is getting relief from the draining.





Because of his age he would need some material placed into the root to get it to close sooner and then a root-canal is done.





I recommend fillings only until he is 18-19 years old, then once his growing is complete then do crowns.
Reply:Don't worry the dentist will fix him up
Reply:i got two teeth missing.front bottom , im saving for implants..
Reply:HELLO MANNY,


YOUR SON WILL BE JUST FINE. THE DENTIST KNOWS WHAT TO DO.


AS FAR AS THE DENTAL EFFECTS HE MAY NEED ROOT CANALS AND CROWNS. HE CAN TELL OTHERS THAT FOR A TIME HE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS.


GOOD LUCK.
Reply:...YES THAT IS NORMAL PROCEDURE, DONT WORRY HE IS IN GOOD HANDS.....ALOT OF KIDS HAVE THIS HAPPEN AND DENTISTS ARE VERY WELL EQUIPED TO HANDLE THIS. IT WILL NOT AFFECT HIM IN ANY WAY NEGATIVELY.
Reply:Im sure the dentist will help him out. Medically he will be fine if his tooth was all that was chipped. The best thing you can do is just keep an eye on it make sure it doesnt change if it does get him to the dentist. There are all kinds of things dentists can do to fix his teeth too. Crowns, bonding, filling. Just keep up on getting them checked every 6 months or more often if they seem to need to be changed or anything.
Reply:yup....i chipped my 2 front teeth when i was 8 and the dentist couldnt do anyting about it till the teeht were fully grown in... they just fixed them when i was 13 and they havent broken again yet but its only been a year ...my brother borke his front tooth when he was about 9 and the fill in thing has fallen out a lot of times but mostly when he was accidently hit or fighting iwht my other brother ...u cant tell that the fill ins arent real teeth they look relalyyyyyyy good and they iimproved my smile alot! ...but then i got braces and look like a loser when i smile ahahha but yeah the fill ins work good ...


and i forgot to say that my teeth were chipped more then halfway through and they got chipped when i hot my favce on a scooter
Reply:use putty lol
Reply:my brother had a similar accident, breaking both front teeth shortly after they came in.





Initially he was given metal caps. silver in color. After a few years, when the majority of the permanent teeth had come in (and after having to have braces, unrealted to the damaged teeth) the caps were replaced with natureal color ones.





You would have to be told in order to know that the teeth were capped.





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yes, he got some teasing about "Lead mouth" from some ignorant and rude kids. People need to teach thier kids to be civilized.



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