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So I just moved to Seattle. Five days after I got here I tripped on a curb and fell on my face. My front left tooth is completely shattered and my front right tooth is probably dead. Yes! I am on my second day in a dental clinic hoping they will see me and get rid of these teeth. This is not a great start to my huge move across the country.
I did get offered two jobs though. Of course now I don't know when I'll be able to start because I need to deal with these stupid teeth. Grrrrrrrrrr. Ow.
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That happened to my sister when she was two, so she looked like a 7 year old for about 5 years.
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happened to me when I was in 7th grade. I still have one totally dead front tooth (doesn't hurt anything, but it does discolor) and one that is a cap/replacement. So they mis-match.
Hopefully dental artistry has come a long ways since then and you will look better, stronger, faster than before! Posts: 9538 | Registered: Aug 2003
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I wish I had dental insurance. No, I am totally screwed. They just took out the shattered tooth and it hurts like heck. I am going to look like a Cleetus the slack jawed yokel for the next couple weeks.
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I know someone who had their front teeth knocked out. They have a removable denture-like thing. It looks fine, I never noticed they were fake until they told me and took them out.
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Speaking from experience, those flippers (denture tooth replacements) are less than comfortable. When I had a tooth removed after a fall, it was eventually replaced with an implant. A titanium root was inserted into my jaw bone, and then a ceramic tooth was screwed into the root. It looks very natural and was covered by my medical insurance, even though such implants are usually considered cosmetic operations. We were able to argue the case that it was the result of trauma from passing out from a medical condition (dehydration from food poisoning; too much output of liquid and not enough intake, if you know what I mean) and that it was part of the recovery from that event.
Another option would be to get a bridge, which is when they shave down the adjacent teeth, then put a fake triple-tooth, if you will, over them. Again, it can look very natural. But they tend to not do bridges if they are concerned about the health pf the adjacent teeth.
Best of luck Luet!
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I know your pain, when I was in high school I was in a bicycle accident and my right front tooth was knocked out. The dentist managed to get it back in with a root canal, and I've had a dead tooth in my mouth to this very day.
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