Last weekend Miss Sarah and Mark were wrestling in her room before bed when she went to jump on him and hit her teeth on the edge of her baby crib. It did not look good and the poor little thing was one sad little girl. Her gums were very bloody and her top front teeth were loose. She was in a lot of pain and eating food was miserable for her. We were hoping it would just go away with time and healing. But after a couple days we went and took her to our pediatric dentist who recommended that we get them removed. They took an x-ray and her two teeth were shattered. Her dentist didn't believe they would heal and could be okay to leave alone but there was a risk of infection. Since they were bothering her so much we decided to just go ahead and get them removed.
This little girl was so brave. This is the same little girl that less than a year ago didn't even want to be examined by the dentist and here she was being a total rock star. I was so proud of her. She has been so much happier and loves to show everyone her missing teeth! She will be toothless for several years until her adult teeth come in but there was no damage done to those. Her gums were pretty badly damaged but they should heal with time.
BUT our little girl is back to her normal, happy, carefree self...with a toothless grin!
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