Hi, this morning my three-year-old son fell out of bed while sleeping. We heard a "thud" folllowed by his screams! After an hour of blood, sweat and tears (and much resistance from my son) my husband and I noticed his two upper front teeth were pushed back (bleeding gums) and his bottom lip was swollen, punctured and bloodied from the impact.
As this was Saturday, no walk-ins were open yet, so we took him to a local dentist who was open (we didn't have one for our son yet). The dentist took x-rays, which revealed a clean break to his right upper front tooth (a small portion of the tooth was located above the break) and the left tooth had been jolted/damaged. As he wasn't a paediatric dentist and NONE were open in the area, he recommended we go to Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, deeming this a pediatric medical dental emergency. NOTE: the referring dentist refused to charge us for the examination or x-rays despite the fact that my husband and I both have family dental coverage!!).
The staff at Sick Kids were amazing! After reviewing the dentist's x-rays and giving us a couple of options, we elected to have my son's right tooth extracted, and to try and save his left tooth (jiggly). My question is: because my son's right tooth was a clean fracture, they removed only the broken bit (which was the majority of his tooth ) but left the remaining "stub" (above the fracture) saying it will stay there until his secondary tooth comes in. Does this sound right/okay? Please advise if you've had different opinions/outcomesl I'm devastated by my loss of my baby's smile/ability to use pacifier and baby bottle (although this should have been given up a long time ago :(
Thank you!