experiences with falling on teeth... help

brandonsfuturewife07

yes, we've been to the pedi, but i need your own personal experiences.  no less than 20 minutes after we got home from the pedi after the flu shot, S face planted on the floor, and smacked his teeth & nose.  he bled, and his nose & upper lip are still a little swollen.

the pedi said looks like one of his top teeth (which isn't even all the way through yet) got "jammed" and that his gums might get blue or purple in the next few days.  i asked about his tooth turning grey and he said "maybe, maybe not but a dentist wouldn't even do anything about it."  he bled between his bottom teeth too, but thankfully nothing happened there.

he still won't let me touch his upper lip or nose, and screamed bloody murder when the pedi touched him, but his nose isn't broken, thank God.  i swear i cannot turn my back on this kid for a second

ibfloridagirl

ike face planted maybe 2 months ago?  He had 8 teeth by then and the front ones started bleeding, so far no grey and i check everyday.  So sorry about S (

userdeleted

I don't have experience with it, but I have asked my pedi what I should look for if DS falls on his teeth. He said that if they seem loose I should call and they might want to get him into a dentist...if you're worried, maybe you could get a second opinion? It doesn't seem like grey teeth especially would be something to just totally dismiss.

punkfiction

i dunno. i knocked my teeth straight out. then knocked out the fake ones. but more than likely they'd pull that tooth if it was dead, right? no?

southernbelle82

I don't remember how my nephew did it, but he hit himself in the face and one of his upper front teeth turned grey.  It happened a couple of years ago and it's still grey...it'll stay that way until it falls out.  Thank goodness it wasn't a permanent tooth!!

J+O

I fell as a child and one of my teeth turned grey, it means it's dead. ?And no they won't do anything... and pulling it really isn't good either, because it needs to do it's job as a space saver for the new tooth. ?It came out when I was in 1st grade and no one said anything ever and I didn't even notice.?

Crissyjo30

I had an accident playing softball and lost one of my front teeth, and cracked the rest.  The oral surgeon was mad that I didnt call from the ER because in some cases the tooth can be saved right away.  In my case that didn't work because I broke my tooth at the root.  Luckily the rest just cracked and never died.  If it is a permanent tooth they can do a root canal right away to help it, I don't know about baby teeth.

 

If it were me and my kid I would 100% go to a dentist ASAP.  Give him some tylenol to help the pain and calm him down and go see someone.  Who knows what they can do.