| Title: | Parenting |
| Notice: | Previous PARENTING version at MOIRA::PARENTING_V3 |
| Moderator: | GEMEVN::FAIMAN Y |
| Created: | Thu Apr 09 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1292 |
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My son is 4 and half years old. He fell in the playground and
hit his front tooth. About 10 days later the tooth began
discoloring. The dentist said that he probably won't loose
this tooth, but he is going to remove the nerve, to avoid
a possible abcess.
He said that it is a simple procedure, but we (parents)
are nervous ... My son so far enjoys going to the dentist.
Any hints on how to make this a not so unpleasant experience?
Thanks,
Dirce
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| 978.1 | experience | GRILLA::LALIBERTE | OMS Technical Services | Mon Jul 10 1995 09:47 | 12 |
did you say remove the 'nerve' as opposed to removing the 'tooth' ? i
don't know about that (is that possible??) but here is our experience:
the same thing happened to my active toddler and his two front teeth
became discolored. the dentist left them in and they 'reseeded'
themselves and looked better after a few months. the dentist told us
to watch for abcess and then he would take them out....he did not
advocate taking them out to avoid abcess. mike's teeth then fell
out normally at the age of 7.
i wouldn't rush to have them extracted. the discoloration really did
get better.
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| 978.2 | CSC32::P_SO | Get those shoes off your head! | Mon Jul 10 1995 09:57 | 6 | |
Nathan had one front tooth discolored at the age of 3 after hitting
his teeth on the window sill. We left it in and did nothing to it
and it fell out when he was 6.
Pam
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| 978.3 | We had it done | MAIL2::HAMLEN | Mon Jul 10 1995 10:58 | 27 | |
My son fell at about 1 1/2 - 2 years and knocked his front tooth,
at that time they x-rayed it and said it would be ok to leave it alone.
We continued to have it checked and x-rayed periodically and when he
was around 4 they discovered an absess. We were told he would need a
root canal (actually called a "pulpectomy" I think for baby teeth).
I was in a panic and kept putting it off, I got a second opinion and
they agreed it should be done.
I talked to my son about it alot and explained I would not be able to
be with him during the procedure. The morning of he could not eat and I
had to give him a liquid to make him groggy (I can't remember the
name), at the dentist office they took him by himself and gave him
nitrus oxide to make him more groggy. About 20 minutes later the nurse
brought him back by the hand with a ballon, he didn't even cry and
has no bad recollections of it. I was amazed how well everything went.
That was about a year ago and so far the tooth is still intact and
a litle less discolored. I would advise getting a second opinion,
especially if the tooth has not absessed yet. Even though it was
not that traumatic for my son, I still wouldn't have had it done if
it was not completely necessary.
Mary
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| 978.4 | problem solved | SMURF::DIRCE | Fri Jul 28 1995 18:09 | 20 | |
Thanks to all your replies and emails.
My son had the nerve removed, since the dentist said
that the X-ray showed nerve damage (he had pulpectomy
done). It all went very well. We (parents) didn't talk
about it at all during that week, only told him about
going to the dentist to 'fix' the tooth that was hurt.
The doctor was excellent, talked to him the whole time,
I just sat there quietly. My son only cried during the
anesthesia. He didn't seen to have much disconfort
afterwards either. We also went again for a follow up,
and he was not afraid. Lucky us! The tooth's color also
came back to normal, and he should be OK now until the
time comes to loose baby teeth.
BTW, the dentist is Dr. Viola of Nashua.
Dirce
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