Camden's gray tooth

A few weeks ago, at Legoland, Camden took a pretty bad fall. He really hurt his mouth and it affected his eating for a few days. After the first few days, all was forgotten. Unfortunately the injury had some lasting effects...his front tooth has turned gray! I noticed a little gray about 2 weeks ago and it has gotten progressively worse. I have researched this on the internet, and it most likely means there is root damage and it will not be able to repair itself. Luckily it's his baby tooth, but still he has a long way until he will lose it. I am sad by this because it affects his beautiful smile. It's now what you notice first when he smiles a big smile and I hate that something has to taint the way he looks for the next 3 years. I admit that when I see little kids with discolored teeth I have always thought it didn't look very pleasant, and now people will think that of my poor little guy.

Yesterday I took the kids to the dentist and he confirmed my fears. We will watch it get grayer (is that even a word) for the next 6 months and then it will either lighten up, or stay dark gray. There's no telling. I did ask about capping it and he said because the root is dead, it would then turn a mustardy yellow. So we are basically left with the option of gray or yellow. The dentist's response was, "He's just all boy!" The funny thing is that he really isn't! He's never been that crazy, daring, race-around-the-house-like-a-superhero kind of boy. It was just an unfortunate accident.

I have no picture because our camera isn't working (I think it must have gotten wet when we went to the snow). I guess I am a bit dramatic and need to just realize this is a minor challenge in life...it could always be worse.