Abscess Tooth

Last year toward the end of July- (after going camping at Anderson) Jackson and my dad were playing. Jackson was running around a lot in and out of the room. At one point they were throwing pillows back and forth. Well one time Jackson was running into the room and my dad threw a pillow at him, this time it landed strait at his feet. Jackson tripped and took a bad fall landing face forward into a chair. 

His lip took the biggest blow of all, or so it looked that way.  The morning after, he woke up looking like this:

His teeth by the gums were bleeding and I realized that the two front ones were a little loose. 

 So I took him to the dentist. The dentist said the teeth should firm back up and that they looked ok, but  because they were bleeding and there was a sore behind them, I would need to watch for Abscess and warned that the teeth might turn gray/black. He said this could happen at any time in the years to come. The darkening of the teeth, not a big deal, but abscessing to bring him in.

 Jackson had a 6 month cleaning check up in December. They said the teeth were looking good- of coarse darkening but it looked like they would be fine until his permanent teeth came in.

So here we are in January, almost exactly 6 moths later from when it originally happened. His teeth are both dark- and still somewhat loose( I personally don't think him grinding his teeth has helped anything) One is worse than the other. Well the other day I had this feeling to look at his gums. Sure enough  clear as day- there's an abscess.. So I took him in to the dentist. He threw a fit and wouldn't let them take any x-rays (note he hasn't had any x-rays because he's frightened.) Dentist took a look and said the tooth  needs pulled. That its too infected and since it is a baby tooth this is the best. He than went on to suggest getting both front teeth pulled because the other one is starting to turn colors,- so this would prevent future abscessing.

After thinking long about this we are hoping that when they do an xray the roots of the other tooth wont look to bad and we can wait on it being pulled. I've been watching how he eats with his teeth and I would hate for him to not have either teeth. (of coarse the dentist says it will look more "aesthetically pleasing" ) but he's my baby!! 

So Jackson is scheduled for an appointment Tuesday the 29th. Pictures and updates to come.

On a side note- I'm OFFICIALLY CAUGHT UP on my blog!!