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Originally Posted by O.city
So here's a dental story for you guys today.
Had a new patient yesterday, 9 years old, fell over the handlebars of his bike and smashed his mouth.
Luckily he just chipped some teeth and maybe cracked one, but it looks like it will be ok. But unlucky for him, those same teeth went thru his upper lip. Like all the way thru. ER doc said "go to the dentist and let him fix it".
So I spent yesterday morning sowing up a lip of a 9 year old who was already freaked the **** out. Fun. Lots of screams
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Can you temporarily sew his tongue to the roof of his mouth first to quiet him down?
I'm not a medical professional.