Need advice: 4 yr old: tooth pushed back into gums / luxated tooth

thehegdes

Hi,

My 4 yr old daughter fell face first on a stair - result: bloody mouth; when I looked in, the right central incisor seemed to be broken.

Brought my daughter to St Vincent's - was told that it was a case of "acute luxated tooth". Tooth not broken, but pushed back into the gums - intrusion/luxated tooth is the term I am told. I was told to go to Crumlin. At Crumlin, the doc reviewed the situation, verified that there were no loose teeth and recommended that we bring her to a dentist "early next week".

Now, I am worried sick. When I was young (5) had a bad accident, multiple avulsed teeth / intrusions; got sub optimal treatment and then when my milk teeth were replaced by permanent ones, they turned up all crooked. I had to get painful ortho treatment to fix it. I do not want my daughter to go through the same.

So, I cannot bring myself to wait until Monday to get an appointment. I plan to bring her to VHI Swiftcare Dental Services tomorrow (Sunday) and see what they say.

Can I please get a few recommendations for a good dental surgeon who can optimally treat my daughter's intrusion / luxated tooth / tooth pushed back into the gums? I understand recommendations are by PM only - so, PM please. I would be very grateful.

Thanks

PS: Per http://www.dentalhealth.ie/dentalhealth/causes/dentaltrauma.html, apparently intrusion / luxated tooth is very common (1 in 11 Irish kids!). So, possibly many might say "duh! just another intrusion". But my own experience was so painful that I am really worried. So, many thanks in advance for any recommendation I can get.

UPDATE 19 July 2015

As @Oral Surgeon pointed out, this is a case of luxated tooth - avulsed tooth is one that is knocked out. I got my terms wrong. Edited post.

Oral Surgeon

Pm sent

thehegdes wrote: »

Hi,

My 4 yr old daughter fell face first on a stair - result: bloody mouth; when I looked in, the right central incisor seemed to be broken.

Brought my daughter to St Vincent's - was told that it was a case of "acute avulsed tooth". Tooth not broken, but pushed back into the gums. I was told to go to Crumlin. At Crumlin, the doc reviewed the situation, verified that there were no loose teeth and recommended that we bring her to a dentist "early next week".

Now, I am worried sick. When I was young (5) had a bad accident, multiple avulsed teeth; got sub optimal treatment and then when my milk teeth were replaced by permanent ones, they turned up all crooked. I had to get painful ortho treatment to fix it. I do not want my daughter to go through the same.

So, I cannot bring myself to wait until Monday to get an appointment. I plan to bring her to VHI Swiftcare Dental Services tomorrow (Sunday) and see what they say.

Can I please get a few recommendations for a good dental surgeon who can optimally treat my daughter's avulsed tooth? I understand recommendations are by PM only - so, PM please. I would be very grateful.

Thanks

PS: Per http://www.dentalhealth.ie/dentalhealth/causes/dentaltrauma.html, apparently avulsed tooth is very common (1 in 11 Irish kids!). So, possibly many might say "duh! just another avulsed tooth". But my own experience was so painful that I am really worried. So, many thanks in advance for any recommendation I can get.

thehegdes

@Oral Surgeon - thanks for your PM.

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OP, the problems with dental trauma is it is very unpredictable. The damage is done, its is the consequences that nobody can know. Its best to be calm, realize that nothing will happen in a hurry. And think about seeing a pediatric dentist who specializes in trauma.

Best of luck.

fitzgeme