Missing Teeth

Usually, missing teeth is a sign of growing up....in our house, it's a sign of Kyleigh doing what Kyleigh does best. When Kyleigh was 6, she knocked out her front teeth trying to manuever up the ramp to our house in her power chair. Now that she's 8, she has...or had her permanent front teeth. This time she was gearing up for a soccer game in the basement. Before the soccer ball had even arrived, she was playing tag. She "ran" past a net swing. Her hand got stuck in the swing. The errant hand pulled the swing over her face. The swing got stuck on her front teeth and pulled them out at the roots. Ugh!

So, fortunately I have a friend who was a dental hygenist. She helped to reimplant the teeth and held them in all the way to the hospital and then for 2 hours waiting at the hospital and then on the way to the next hospital and then for 2 more hours waiting at that hospital. Finally, we saw a dentist who tried to stabalize the teeth but with no luck. Needless to say, it's a week later and we still have no answers.

I'll try to keep everyone posted on what the plan is. Right now, we're just letting her gums heal and hoping that the teeth next to the front teeth erupt soon so that there's something to attach the partials to.

Christine K.