Torn Maxillary Frenum in a Child
If a young child has hit his mouth, and there is lots of blood especially on his upper teeth lip area, look and see if it might just be a torn maxillary frenum. That's the little piece of tissue that connects the upper lip to the gum between the two front teeth. If it was tight and gets hit and stretched too much it will tear. It bleeds a lot at first, but will likely be fine after 20 minutes or so. Usually no stitches are necessary. In fact there may be no treatment needed at all. This is a very common injury in preschoolers.
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posted by Dr. Dean Brandon @ 4:20 PM
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Thanks for this information. My son tore his frenum & scared me too death. It bled like crazy! I feel much better now after reading this article.
Oh, I echo the previous comment. My baby girl is just learning to walk and wants to run already. She tripped and landed mouth first on the floor. She bled so much that we rushed her to the children's hospital. They told us not to worry about it that she would be fine and only had a slightly torn frenum. I was still worried and had to goggle it and found your article. Now I can sleep at night. Thanks soooo much for the clarification!
Thanks for the info. The same thing happened to my one year old who was trying to run and landed on her face! There was soooo much blood but after about 20 mins it stopped and she was fine. I was worried about her eating and drinking but it just happened yesterday and she is doing great.
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