Anna was jumping on the trampoline with my neighbor's son a week or so ago when her front right tooth collided with his knee. The tooth held fast but was a bit sore for a couple of days. After that, she seemed fine. Then about seven days after the incident, I noticed her tooth starting to change color. It continued to darken in color with each passing day after. So, I brought her to the dentist to be evaluated. The first good news was that she did not damage her permanent teeth. The bad news is that the tooth was dying and needed to be removed. The other good news was that she is almost at the age to where that tooth would be falling out on its own anyway so she won't look odd missing a front tooth at the age of 5. So, an appointment was made with a local oral surgeon to extract the tooth. The appointment to do that was this morning.
The procedure went well. They did give her some "laughing gas" to help her tolerate the procedure. They also numbed the area where the tooth was removed. The oral surgeon said she did very well and all appeared well afterwards. I think the numbness of her lip bothered her more than anything. That is a difficult feeling to prepare a child for and I think she was not quite sure how to process that. By lunch time she was ready to eat and life went on as usual the remainder of the day.
She was excited at the thought of the tooth fairy coming to visit her tonight. It'll be a while before her permanent tooth comes in so she'll have that gap for a while. She seems unfazed by it though and we are thankful for that.
Above is a picture of Anna after having lost her first tooth....maybe in an unconventional way....but a milestone to her nonetheless.
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