Tooth Abuse

Every parent dreads a call from daycare saying that their child is hurt. Well I got my first call of that type last Thursday. "Please come get Jessie, she was going down the slide and banged her tooth." Oh no not again!... Yes you heard me correctly... AGAIN!!

This summer, Jessie was running around the patio table and tripped and did a header into a lawn chair. She went mouth first. When she stood up, her mouth was full of blood... Oh God!! Don't let her see the blood. Jessie gets hysterical at the sight of blood. Well of course, she saw it and screamed even louder. I am sure the neighbours must have wondered what was going on. Finally after a lot of consoling and dabbing until the bleeding stopped in her mouth, she calmed down and her teeth seemed to be okay.

A few days later, we were laying in bed, reading a story and I got a view of her tooth from a different angle and noticed that it was sticking forward more than the others. So the next day we were off to the dentist. He checked everything out, took x-rays and finally told us that everything appeared to be okay, including her adult teeth growing in above in her gums. So life went on...

Then I got the call, last Thursday... "Jessie fell going down the slide and her tooth is loose." So I rushed over to pick her up. When I got there, Jessie was in the daycare lady's arms crying. Of course, when she saw me, she started crying harder and screaming. I picked her up and eventually calmed her down. And then we were off to the dentist once again...

The dentist checked her out... Yes the tooth was loose but it should firm up just like last time. We just have to be careful for the next few days when she bites into food. He proceeded to warn us about repeated trauma to her tooth and reminded us that she needs to keep that tooth for another two years. Yes Yes... we know...

Well, it's been a few days now and the tooth seems to have firmed up again. Phewww!! But let me tell you the bright side of the story....

Her tooth is straight again.